Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has disclosed that petrol from the Dangote Refinery will be out in filling stations across the country in the next 48 hours.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Dangote made this disclosure on Tuesday, while, however, noting that the availability of petrol from the refinery is dependent on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.
Dangote stressed that as soon as the $20 billion refinery located in Lagos State, Nigeria finalised modalities with NNPC Limited, the product will hit the market within the next 48 hours.
“Our PMS (Premium Motor Spirit) can be in filling stations within the next 48 hours, depending on NNPCL,” Dangote said.
Recall that the 650,000 bpd capacity Dangote Refinery refinery began operations in January with the production of diesel and aviation fuel.
Dangote said the petrol from the plant can compete with products from other parts of the world in terms of quality.
When asked 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.
“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”.