Nigeria: Despite Assurance of No Increase, Petrol Sold At N190.9/Litre in January

21 February 2018

Despite assurances from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNP), that the Federal Government has no intention of increasing the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, the product actually sold for N190.9 per litre in January.

Besides, there were queues in most filling stations in Lagos, and Abuja, which saw the product selling above the regulated price of N145 per litre.

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