The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may be reduced in filling stations operated by independent marketers this week, following the massive imports of PMS by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, oil dealers stated on Saturday.

It was gathered that the recent hike in petrol prices at retail outlets operated by independent marketers was due to the short supply of the commodity, which led to acts of profiteering by both depot owners and filling stations.

But operators in the downstream oil sector confirmed to our correspondent on Saturday night that several cargoes imported by NNPCL had arrived in Nigeria, as some of them were currently discharging at the ports.

“Once the products start hitting filling stations, fuel price will reduce, because the recent high cost was due to supply drop,” the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Ukadike Chinedu, told our correspondent.

On Thursday, oil marketers blamed the emergence of queues for petrol at filling stations in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states on the low supply of PMS by its sole importer – NNPCL.

However, the national oil company refuted the position of marketers, as it argued that the queues in the affected areas were due to a “price war.”

But going by the latest development concerning the imports by NNPCL, operators in the sector stated that the queues would not only disappear but there would be a reduction in price at independent filling stations.

Currently, petrol is mostly sold at between N580 and N613/litre at filling stations operated by NNPCL. Most other marketers dispense the commodity at higher rates, with some selling PMS for as high as N670/litre.

“The most important thing now is that cargoes carrying PMS ordered by NNPCL have arrived, some of them have berthed and they are discharging. So the partial scarcity we are experiencing now will be gone,” Ukadike said.

He noted that the inflow of foreign exchange during the Yuletide would not necessarily impact petrol prices, rather the increased imports by NNPCL should warrant a reduction in price.

He said the large PMS imports were confirmed to marketers by NNPCL.

On whether marketers had started receiving the products, Ukadike replied, “By Monday we will start receiving from Port Harcourt and Warri, based on my last discussion with the NNPC management.”

Another major marketer also confirmed the position of IPMAN, as he stated that “when you wet the market with products, there’ll be no room for profiteering.”

Earlier, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, stated that the position of oil marketers as regards the re-emergence of fuel queues was not true, as he insisted that the oil firm had enough products.

“That is not true. The recent tightness in Abuja is essentially a price war which is typical of any competitive market. Motorists would rather queue at filling stations that offer lower prices than others.

“While NNPC retail is selling at N613/litre in Abuja, other marketers’ prices range from N625-N650/litre,” Soneye said.

Source: https://punchng.com/Fuel-price-may-fall-as-petrol-vessels-berth-at-port

It will be welcome


The thing I enjoy most in this country, is go out early morning to news stand and see how passing free readers argue on how to solve Nigeria problem,
Sometime it look like fight



Nigeria na paper talk

Lol
Since I was born and now I am fully grown I have never seen any commodity price in Nigeria increased and still decrease.

It would rather be going higher and higher.
No thanks to saboteurs

How many litres is in it?.

Very greedy and selfish marketers, when dem still dey collect subsidy in dollars, no matter the price of oil in international market, dem go find dollars anyhow way to import oil because say dem wan collect subsidy but now Govt don commot subsidy, na to dey depend on NNPCL to go import and then go buy from NNPCL. Nigerians are greedy all round, dem go buy foodstuffs from north carry am enter south dey sell am 3times the price and people go begin dey shout food don cost, which food cost?. Nigerians are wicked to themselves. Thank God baba commot subsidy, our refineries are about to start producing again. People collecting subsidy who stopped our refinery from working will all cry blood.

OP, becareful. You don ever see any price fall in Nigeria?

Finally we would have sigh of relief as we watched the fuel pump price going down in the next two months hopefully. trust the process.

God bless Ashiwaju President

God bless Nigeria

Maybe?

Nonsense

Charmingrascal:
Lol
Since I was born and now I am fully grown I have never seen any commodity price in Nigeria increased and still decrease.

It would rather be going higher and higher.
No thanks to saboteurs

AGO price has been going down little by little.

Now sell at 990 @ depot price.

Charmingrascal:
Lol
Since I was born and now I am fully grown I have never seen any commodity price in Nigeria increased and still decrease.

It would rather be going higher and higher.
No thanks to saboteurs

bigiyaro:
OP, becareful. You don ever see any price fall in Nigeria?

Wittyness.

Have a wonderful Sunday people

I don't want to say anything the mods will ban me

Okay

Make it fall forever and ever ni o!

I'm tired of hearing May, Would...let it fall. They should give us direct news. News like fuel prices has crashed to N250 per liter.

Not may and would...those ones are just propaganda to give their followers something to talk about.

E no dey fall anything make una shut up.

"MAY"

Better

To 200?

True, they have removed ₦3 per litre.

We thank our daddy for always trying to make our lives better.

Dey play

Worst president ever.

Ha