We’ve Crashed Price Of Petrol – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Sunday claimed it had crashed the price of petrol.

The Corporation said this on Sunday in a statement by its Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu.

It said the ex-depot price of petrol has dropped from N138 to N133.28 per litre in most of its depots, indicating a gain of N4.72 for marketers.

The drop, the NNPC said, is even sharper in private depots where the price came down to N130 or N131 per litre, a gain of N7 to the buyers.

It as a result, the pump price of petrol has fallen steadily from N145 per litre to between N142 and N143 per litre in some stations across the country.

Ughamadu said the drop was due to sustained strategic intervention in the sector.

The statement said efforts are also ongoing to revamp other critical pipelines and depots across the country to further push down the prices of petroleum products for the benefit of consumers.

The statement said a national survey by Oil and Gas Forum, an NNPC weekly TV programme, indicated that in the last few weeks, the price of petrol has fallen steadily from N145 per litre to between N142 and N143 per litre across the country.

The study showed NNPC Mega and affiliate stations sell at N143 per litre, while the pump price ranges between N142 and N145 per litre in some major and independent marketers in Lagos, Abuja, Sokoto, Enugu, Delta and other major cities.