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Free Service to Abuja, Five States

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Adetutu Sobowale
Free Service to Abuja, Five States
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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has launched a free delivery service for petrol to six Nigerian states for bulk orders of at least 250,000 litres. This initiative follows recent efforts to stabilize fuel prices and engage with downstream petroleum stakeholders.

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This move is a significant development in Nigeria's energy sector, aimed at reducing logistics costs and stabilizing fuel retail prices.

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Dangote Petroleum Refinery has commenced free delivery of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrolto six states across Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while maintaining its ex-depot price of N1,075 per litre. The refinery announced the initiative in a notice shared on its official X handle on Wednesday. According to the company, the free delivery service covers Lagos, Ogun, Rivers, Kaduna and Delta states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The refinery stated that the offer is available to customers purchasing a minimum of 250,000 litres of petrol. Related News 16 jailed as Lagos intensifies illegal waste disposal crackdown Wike doesn’t sleep until the job is done, Tinubu hails minister Reps move to expand SSDC funding The latest move comes shortly after Dangote Refinery met with stakeholders in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector to discuss cost-reflective pricing for petrol. The engagement ended with stakeholders expressing support for further reductions in fuel prices. The refinery had recently announced its fourth reduction in the gantry price of petrol, bringing it down to N1,075 per litre. Also commenting on recent price movements, the President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed that the retail price of petrol had fallen by N125 per litre over the past three weeks, with pump prices now ranging between N1,155 and N1,299 per litre, depending on location and marketer. Adetutu Sobowale Adetutu has three years experience in publishing stories on gender, health, education, metro and fact-checking.

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