The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has adjusted the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, at its retail outlets in Abuja.
According to Daily Post, a survey showed that filling stations in Wuse Zone 6 and Zone 4 increased their pump price from N890 to ₦905 per litre, representing a ₦15 or 1.7 per cent upward adjustment.
President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, attributed the increase to supply disruptions linked to the recent standoff between the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the Dangote Refinery.
“It is due to PENGASSAN’s strike disruption. However, members still sell at ₦885 and ₦895 per litre,” Maigandi explained.
PENGASSAN had last week embarked on a two-day strike in protest against the mass sacking of Nigerian workers by the Dangote Refinery. The industrial action disrupted gas and fuel supplies nationwide.
Following federal government intervention, the union suspended the strike after Dangote Group agreed to redeploy the affected workers.
Meanwhile, PENGASSAN has dissolved the branch executives of the Nigeria Gas Infrastructure Company Ltd (NGIC) and the NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML).
Naijaonpoint earlier reported that the decision, contained in a report on Monday, followed what the union described as the failure of the branch leaders to fully enforce a gas supply shutdown to Dangote refinery during last month’s strike.
The executives were also accused of colluding with management and accepting monetary inducements to frustrate the shutdown, allegations the congress members strongly rejected.
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