Breaking: FG Hands Off Petrol Price Band, Begins Full Deregulation
Federal Government of Nigeria will henceforth, hands off releasing guiding price bands for the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol, at filling stations.
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) disclosed this in Abuja, adding that based on this, the downstream arm of the oil and gas sector had been fully deregulated.
Responding to questions from journalists during a briefing at the headquarters of PPPRA, the agency’s Executive Secretary, Abdulkadir Saidu, stated that going forward, PMS price would be determined by the forces of demand and supply and the international cost of crude oil.
He, however, noted that the role of the agency would be to ensure that oil marketers do not profiteer, as every petrol dealer was, henceforth free to source for product and fix their price.
“This, however, must be in accordance with our code of conduct because as a regulator, it is our duty to protect the consumer and operators must abide by our codes,” Saidu stated.
The PPPRA boss, who was represented by the agency’s General Manager, Administration and Human Resources, Victor Shidok, also confirmed that oil marketers were not currently importing petrol because of the scarcity of foreign exchange.
Davido has received a luxury car from an auto firm for his 32nd birthday. …
Simon Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator and self-proclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government…
Accuses detractors of peddling news of alleged governorship ambition. Speaker of the Lagos State…
Simon Ekpa and four others have been arrested in Finland over terrorism activities. Glamtush…
Davido is excited to celebrate his 32nd birthday with a ₦300m donation to orphanages. …
An American returnee has been found dead in an Ogun hotel. Glamtush reports that…