BREAKING: Dangote Refinery slashes petrol price to ₦865

The Dangote refinery has informed marketers and its customers of a downward review of its ex-gantry loading cost to ₦865 per litre.

The new price is N15 less than the facility’s previous price of N880 per litre sold Wednesday.

Our correspondent learnt that the refinery alerted its clients via a notification sent out on Thursday morning.

Our correspondent gathered that the Dangote refinery informed its customers in a notice sent out on Thursday morning.

Remember that marketers had exclusively informed that the 650,000-barrel Dangote refinery was expected to reduce its petrol loading costs by the end of this week, further adding to the decline in fuel prices.

Chinedu Ukadike, the National Publicity Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, reassured the public about the price drop while responding to the Federal Executive Council’s direction on the naira-for-crude arrangement.

Following an initial delay, the Federal Executive Council directed on Wednesday that the suspended Naira-for-Crude arrangement with local refiners be fully implemented.

It stated that the initiative with local refineries is not a temporary measure but a “key policy directive designed to support sustainable local refining”.

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The Ministry of Finance announced this in a statement published on its official X handle titled “Update on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira Initiative”.

The statement was released following a meeting on Tuesday between the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and representatives from Dangote Refinery, a major beneficiary of the agreement, to review progress and address ongoing implementation matters.

The committee stated that the policy is not a temporary measure but rather a long-term strategy to reduce Nigeria’s reliance on foreign currency for petroleum.

It further stated that the effort is not a one-time or limited intervention but rather a fundamental policy direction aimed at promoting sustainable local refining and bolstering energy security.

The statement read, “The Technical Sub-Committee on the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira initiative convened an update meeting on Tuesday to review progress and address ongoing implementation matters.

“The stakeholders reaffirmed the government’s continued commitment to the full implementation of this strategic initiative, as directed by the Federal Executive Council.

“Thus, the Crude and Refined Product Sales in Naira initiative is not a temporary or time-bound intervention but a key policy directive designed to support sustainable local refining, bolster energy security, and reduce reliance on foreign exchange in the domestic petroleum market.”