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NNPC Says It Has Crashed Prices Of Petrol, Cooking Gas Across Nigeria NNPC Says It Has Crashed Prices Of Petrol, Cooking Gas Across Nigeria

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SAN FRANCISCO, September 04, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, says there has been a significant drop in the prices of premium motor spirit, PMS, otherwise called petrol, and liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas, across the country.

In a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, the NNPC attributed the development to sustained strategic intervention in the efficient supply and distribution of petroleum products in the country.

He stated that a national survey by the NNPC’s weekly TV programme,
Oil and Gas forum, indicated that in the last few weeks, the price of petrol has fallen steadily from N145 per litre to between N142 and N143 per litre in some fuel stations across the country.

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Ughamadu said the study showed that NNPC mega and affiliate stations nationwide are dispensing the product for N143 per litre, while the pump price range from between N142 and N145 per litre in some major and independent marketers in Lagos, Abuja, Sokoto, Enugu, Delta and other major cities.

The statement reads, “one of the respondents in the survey and a manager at an independent fuel retail station in Abuja, Mohammed Abdullahi, said the station currently sells petrol at N142 per litre in line with the prevailing market situation in order to sustain the turnover of the business and to attract more motorists to the station.

“Another independent marketer in Mosimi, Emeka Ikechukwu, said the going ex-depot prices of PMS had dropped from N138 per litre in most depots to N133.28 in NNPC depots and between N130 and N131 per litre in private depots.

“However, the situation is slightly different in Aba and Umuahia in Abia State and Calabar in Cross River state where most independent fuel stations as well as major marketers selling the product at N145 per litre.

“The survey also showed a similar trend of drop in price for cooking gas with the average price for refilling 5kg cylinder at N2,215.96 from the former price of N2,500.00.

“The study further revealed that states with the lowest average price for the 5kg LPG refill were Kaduna and Niger at N2,000; Kogi at N2,005.00; and Oyo at N2,033.33.”

The NNPC spokesman also disclosed that the prices of cooking gas has also reduced.

“At the NNPC Mega and retail stations nationwide, a 12.5kg of cooking gas that was sold for N4,500 a few months ago is now sold for N3,800 while other retail outlets sell the same quantity for N4,000.

“NNPC has sustained its interventions through sustained improvement in the supply of the products and remodeling of distribution channels to address sufficiency issues across the country,” he said.

Ughamadu added that the corporation had stepped up the resuscitation of some of its “critical pipelines and depots” such as the Atlas Cove – Mosimi depot Pipeline, Port-Harcourt Refinery – Aba depot Pipeline, Kaduna – Kano pipeline and the Kano depot which have enhanced efficiency in products distribution.

He however disclosed that efforts were ongoing to revamp and re-commission other critical pipelines and depots across the country to further push down the prices of petroleum products for the benefit of consumers.

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