From David Onuoja, Abuja
The Federal Government has on Friday, reached truce with the Dangote refinery as the later will commence the supply of petrol from tomorrow, September 15th, 2024.
The two parties has also reached on the pricing and supply processes.
Speaking in Abuja, a member of the Presidential Committee on the Sale of crude Oil and Refined Products and Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, stated that, “all agreements have been completed and loading of the first batch of PMS from the Dangote Refinery will commence on Sunday 15th September”.
“NNPC will remain as the sole off-taker of petrol from the refinery with other marketers getting the product from the national oil company”, he said.
Adedeji also said that, other decisions reached by the committee include the sale of Diesel in Naira by the Dangote Refinery to any interested off-taker while PMS will only be sold to NNPC.
The agreement is expected to ease the acute shortage of petrol across the country and also allow the government to continue the payment of subsidies on the product.
NNPCL would commence the supply of 385,000 barrels of crude oil to Dangote Refinery on October 1, 2024.
“From 1 October, NNPC will commence the supply of about 385kbpd of crude oil to the Dangote Refinery to be paid for in Naira
“In return, the Dangote Refinery will supply PMS and diesel of equivalent value to the domestic market to be paid in Naira.
“Diesel will be sold in Naira by the Dangote Refinery to any interested off-taker. PMS will only be sold to NNPC, NNPC will then sell to various marketers for now. All associated regulatory costs will also be paid for in Naira”, he added.
