The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF) Worldwide has urged the federal government to direct the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to supply Dangote Petroleum Refinery adequate crude.
Chairman of NUF, Chief Augustine Chukwudum, made the call on Wednesday in Enugu, while reacting to Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s move to start direct sales of refined petroleum products in dollars.
It would be recalled that a top management official of the Dangote Group said that its refinery was receiving just four million barrels of crude oil monthly under the arrangement, instead of about 13 million barrels envisaged after President Bola Tinubu’s 2024 directive.
The refinery attributed its decision to switch from naira-denominated fuel sales domestically to dollar transactions to the crude supply shortfall, saying it would also increase exports of refined petroleum products to earn foreign exchange.
Chukwudum therefore, called on the federal government to intervene urgently before things get out of hand and Nigerians suffer the more.
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According to him, fuel price remains major determinant of prices of other commodities and services in the country.
“Things are bound to get worse if the federal government neglects to take immediate and decisive actions meant to better the life of the citizens.
“NUF is rasing this alarm because this administration is behaving as if they are not answerable to the people they are supposed to be serving.
“The federal government should direct NNPCL to supply all the crude oil needed by Dangote Refinery, since the company has the capacity to meet local or domestic petroleum needs of the country,” he said.
