FG May Increase Petrol Price from N145 to N180 & Above Per LitreFG May Increase Petrol Price from N145 to N180 & Above Per Litre

According to information reaching us at GYOnlineNG.COM, reported that Federal Government of Nigeria might increase the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called Petrol to a minimum price of N180 and above anytime soon.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, disclosed the hint in Abuja on Thursday, saying the current price of N145 per Litre can no longer be sustained. In a presentation he made to a joint committee on Petroleum (Downstream) of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Minister said the landing cost for petrol stood at N171 per litre.

According to him, the Federal Government, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been bearing the cost of N26 per litre, representing the difference between N171 and the current official price of N145 per Litre.

FG May Increase Petrol Price from N145 to N180 & Above Per Litre
FG May Increase Petrol Price from N145 to N180 & Above Per Litre

Insisting that independent marketers would not be able to import the product at the current foreign exchange rate, saying the marketers were able to sell for N145 per litre when the exchange rate was N285 per Dollar. The Naira presently exchanges for N365 per Dollar.

“We now have to go back and find the solution to this problem in order to ease supply gaps and ensure availability of the product at all times,” the Minister said.

Kachikwu, however, proffered three alternative solutions to pump price increase: getting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce a modulated foreign exchange rate specifically for importers of the product; giving the marketers significant tax adjustments to enable them to absorb the high cost; and a plural pricing system whereby the NNPC would continue to sell at N145 through its numerous outlets while the marketers are allowed to fix their own price.

By gistyinka

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