Strike: Government Assures Nigerians Of Steady Supply Of Refined Petroleum Products

Against the backdrop of the planned onslaught enactment by members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) implicit a quality with Dangote Refinery, the Federal Government has assured Nigerians of dependable proviso of refined petroleum products.

This was dislosed by the Federal Ministry of Finance successful a connection signed by its Director of Information and Public Relations, Mohmmed Manga, aft the Steering Committee of the Domestic Crude Oil and Refined Products Sales successful Local Currency Initiative met earlier connected Sunday to reappraisal developments successful the downstream lipid sector.

The meeting, chaired by the Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, noted 2 caller issues: the purported suspension of the Naira-for-crude lipid statement by the Dangote Refinery, which has since been amicably resolved, and the concerns raised by PENGASSAN regarding the backstage refinery.

According to the statement, the gathering had successful attendance the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, the president of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, who besides chairs the Technical Committee, the representatives of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Afreximbank.

He said the astatine the meeting, the Dangote Refinery “reaffirmed that determination volition beryllium nary disruption successful the proviso of refined petroleum products” crossed the country.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the committee reassured that the crude lipid for the Naira inaugural volition continue. It besides assured that each outstanding issues, peculiarly the quality betwixt the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and Dangote Refinery, are being addressed with urgency and successful bully faith,” helium stated.

Manga added that the national authorities remained afloat committed to ensuring vigor security, protecting consumers, and maintaining stableness successful the home petroleum products market.