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Price of Dangote’s fuel higher than other sources, we have to pity Nigerians – IPMAN
Price of Dangote’s fuel higher than other sources, we have to pity Nigerians – IPMAN
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, on Friday said that the price of fuel from Dangote Refinery, as of last week, was higher than the price of the product from other sources.
IPMAN said members must go where the price is lower and where they get profit, adding that they have to pity Nigerians.
Yakubu Suleiman, National Assistant Secretary of IPMAN, stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme.
Suleiman argued that prices of petroleum products are determined by international pricing, insisting that Dangote is supposed to be disclosing the amount he’s going to sell his product.
He said: “Prices are determined by international pricing. Dangote is supposed to be saying like every day, ‘This is the price I’m going to sell this product’.
“But he cannot be able to do that unless he (Dangote) engages the stakeholders. And you cannot just say okay, we must only buy in his own depot.
“IPMAN cannot just sit down and say ‘We will tell our members, all of you go to Dangote Refinery and buy your product and load’. We cannot just do that. This is a deregulated system.
We have to source where products are much cheaper. Then we would inform our members to go and load product in any depot that the product is cheaper.
“If Dangote has a product and is selling N1000, let’s assume, and there are other places that are selling N900. We can’t just say because for the sake we are doing business with Dangote, ‘Okay go and do it’. It’s not profitable to us. We must go where the price is lower; where we get profit. That is it.”
Continuing, the IPMAN scribe added, “We are in a deregulated economy but Dangote is like trying to monopolize the whole issue. Fine. Let us know if there is monopoly in the whole system. But we believe that it’s now deregulation.
“Like last week, Dangote’s price is higher than other places. Because if you can go by the price, the international price, crude has already started coming down.
“If I could remember, as of last week, he gave N995 per litre, and you have to bring your cargo and load. How much will you pay the cargo? How much will be the other charges to your depot? And how much will go to the depot? And we expect independent marketers to go and sell it. Can we go and sell? Look at we have to pity Nigerians.”
Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has appointed Ben Solomon Dalhatu Kure as the Managing Director of Kaduna State Media Corporation (KSMC).
Ibraheem Musa, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, disclosed this in a statement at the weekend.
Kure replaced Ahmed Maiyaki, who has just been appointed the Commissioner for Information.
He is expected to build on Mr. Ahmed Maiyaki’s leadership, which has repositioned the media corporation.
Before this appointment, Kure served as the Chairman of Jaba Local Government from 2016 to 2017, Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency from 2018 to 2019, and Special Adviser (Political Matters) to the Kaduna State Governor from 2019 to 2021.
Dangote Refinery has announced the delivery of its first shipment of compressed natural gas trucks to facilitate its nationwide premium motor spirit and automotive gas oil supply from August 15, 2025.
The 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Anthony Chijiena, on Sunday.
According to him, the refinery, the N720 billion worth investment scheme, is aimed at transforming Nigeria’s fuel distribution landscape by reducing logistics costs and enhancing supply efficiency for customers.
“The fleet of fuel tankers, being imported through Apapa Port, represents a significant capital investment estimated at N720 billion.
“The first consignment of trucks recently departed Apapa Port and was formally received at the refinery site in Ibeju-Lekki by the Vice-President of Oil and Gas at Dangote Industries Ltd., Devakumar Edwin,” the statement reads.
Recall that Dangote Refinery had announced that the fuel distribution scheme would cause a major shakeup in the country’s oil and gas downstream sector.
However, petroleum product retail outlet owners and the Natural Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria have, in different forums, kicked against the scheme, saying it would result in massive job losses.
The naira bounced back to appreciate against the dollar at the official foreign exchange market on Thursday as Nigeria’s external reserves continued to rise.
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s data showed that the Naira gained slightly at N1,533.73 against the dollar on Thursday from N1,534.44 traded on Wednesday.
This means that Nigeria’s currency marginally strengthened by N0.70 against the dollar on a day-to-day basis.
Meanwhile at the black market, the Naira remained flat at N1,565 on Thursday, the same exchange rate recorded the previous day.
The development follows the continued rise in the country’s external reserves, which stood at $39.99 billion as of 6th August 2025, up from $39.81 billion on the 4th of this month, CBN data showed.
Ekwutosblog reports that in the past four days, the Naira has recorded mixed sentiments of depreciation and appreciation against other currencies.
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