Businessman Aliko Dangote has announced that petrol from his 650,000-barrel-per-day facility will be available at filling stations within the next 48 hours.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Dangote stated that the product will hit the market once final arrangements with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) are completed.
“Our PMS (Premium Motor Spirit) can be in filling stations within the next 48 hours, depending on NNPCL,” he said.
Asked to speak on the pricing of petrol from his refinery, Dangote said, “It is an arrangement which is designed and approved by the Federal Executive Council led by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“As soon as it is finalised, which he (Tinubu) is pushing, once we finish with NNPC, it can be today, it can be tomorrow, we are ready to roll into the market.”
Dangote assured Nigerians of the high quality of petrol from his refinery, stating that they would have “good petrol while the engines of your vehicles will last longer. You will not be having an engine issue, which a lot of us were having. It won’t happen at all”.
He added, “The quality here will match that of anywhere in the world; US, America, we will make sure that nobody will beat us in terms of quality”.
