The Group General Manager (GGM) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has ruled out possibility of increase in the pump price of petrol. Mr Baru gave the assurance on Tuesday to allay fears triggered by online reports suggesting that the Federal Government would soon increase the price. He told reporters in Abuja that he had not received any directive for increase.
The NNPC official declared that the supply situation for fuel in Nigeria was robust and would not push price increase. “I am not aware that they are planning to do any increase. “You know that there are several factors that necessitated that, especially the issue of exchange rate that has moved and we don’t expect any serious changes,” he told reporters. According to him, the request for forex for importation of petrol had been met. “So far the request for forex for importation of products, especially the Premium Motor Spirit, has been made and our supply status is robust. “We are meeting the market demands. We have over 1.4 billion litres of petrol in the ground. I don’t see any basis,” he reiterated. Mr Baru, however, said that “the review could be done by the right body, the PPPRA as far as product pricing is concerned”.
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