Nigerians have dumped the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted stores over excessive costs of premium motor spirits.
A DAILY POST correspondent who went spherical main NNPCL stores in Abuja noticed low patronage by motorists within the nation’s capital, Abuja.
This was additionally the case for NNPCL stores alongside Kubwa Expressway and people in Wuse Zone 4 and 6, which dispense gas at N910 per litre.
Musa Abdullahi, a motorist in Abuja, stated he most popular to purchase at different filling stations with gas costs beneath N910 per litre.
Reacting to the event, the spokesperson of the Unbiased Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria, Chinedu Ukadike, stated commuters favor to patronise filling stations with aggressive costs is why patronage dropped in NNPCL.
“The disparity in costs in filling stations is as a result of deregulation of the downstream sector. Filling stations now compete not solely due to their model but additionally their costs. Prior to now NNPCL filling stations had queues due to their costs however the reverse is the case as we speak,” he instructed DAILY POST solely.
DAILY POST stories that after Dangote Refinery introduced a recent petrol worth template final week, companions and markets akin to MRS, AP Ardova, Optima, Bova, and others dropped their gas worth by 15 to N895 per litre from N910.
DAILY POST stories different petrol entrepreneurs, akin to Salbas and AA Rano in Abuja, had lowered their petrol worth from N910 per litre to N900 as of Tuesday. Equally, others, gas entrepreneurs beforehand dishing out gas at N917 per litre in Abuja, have lowered to N910 to stay engaging to patronage.
Nonetheless, NNPCL stores needed to maintain on to 910 litres. The event comes as NNPCL Saturday shut down its Port Harcourt Refinery for upkeep.