Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and GMD of the NNPC, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Wednesday, announced that petrol will sell for N145 per litre. Dr. Kachikwu in a briefing in Abuja, after a meeting with the Leadership of the Senate, House of Representatives, Governors Forum, and Labour Unions (NLC, TUC, NUPENG, and PENGASSAN), said the new policy, “will lead to improved supply and competition and eventually drive down pump prices, as we have experienced with diesel.”

According to Dr. Kachikwu, “In addition, this will also lead to increased product availability and encourage investments in refineries and other parts of the downstream sector. It will also prevent diversion of petroleum products and set a stable environment for the downstream sector in Nigeria.” The meeting of various stakeholders was presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The text of the briefing:

The meeting reviewed:

1. The current fuel scarcity and supply difficulties in the country.

2. The exorbitant prices being paid by Nigerians for the product. These prices range on the average from N150 to N250 per litre currently.

3. The meeting also noted that the main reason for the current problem is the inability of importers of petroleum products to source foreign exchange at the official rate due to the massive decline of foreign exchange earnings of the federal government.

As a result, private marketers have been unable to meet their approximate 50% portion of total national supply of PMS. Following a detailed presentation by the Honorable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, it has now become obvious that the only option and course of action now open to the government is to take the following decisions:

1. In order to increase and stabilise the supply of the product, any Nigerian entity is now free to import the product, subject to existing quality specifications and other guidelines issued by Regulatory Agencies

2. All Oil Marketers will be allowed to import PMS on the basis of FOREX procured from secondary sources and accordingly PPPRA template will reflect this in the pricing of the product. Pursuant to this, PPPRA has informed me that it will be announcing a new price band effective today, 11th May, 2016 and that the new price for PMS will not be above N145 per litre. We expect that this new policy will lead to improved supply and competition and eventually drive down pump prices, as we have experienced with diesel.

In addition, this will also lead to increased product availability and encourage investments in refineries and other parts of the downstream sector. It will also prevent diversion of petroleum products and set a stable environment for the downstream sector in Nigeria.

We share the pains of Nigerians but, as we have constantly said, the inherited difficulties of the past and the challenges of the current times imply that we must take difficult decisions on these sorts of critical national issues. Along with this decision, the federal government has in the 2016 budget made an unprecedented social protection provision to cushion the current challenges. We believe in the long term, that improved supply and competition will drive down prices.

The DPR and PPPRA have been mandated to ensure strict regulatory compliance including dealing decisively with anyone involved in hoarding petroleum products”.

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It is well.

ok

So,the labour unions (TUC, NLC) have already accepted the new price.
But this is what GEJ did in 2012 and these labour unions almost brought down the heavens.

Anyway, we're watching!

If the masses must accept this new price, then, something must be done by the govt to cushion the sufferings and hardships presently facing the people. If not, the sufferings and hardships have just been increased by more than 80% through increase in the prices of everything needed by the people.

Nigerians have been scammed

APC is the biggest scam in the history of Nigeria.

Scam! Scam!! Scam!!! Scam!!!! Scam!!!!! Scam!!!!!

I don't support its removal even though I know it's the right thing.. GEJ saw the massive looting through subsidy and decided to remove it in 2012, But Baba Tinubu and his APC Zombies protested at Ojota and other states in Nigeria....

GEJ We Miss you

Any other Candidate aside GEJ in 2019 remains an exercise in futility. PDP take Note.