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July 11, 2019
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,NNPC has debunked claims of a planned increase in the price of Premium MotorSpirit, PMS, also known as petrol.
In a statement in Abuja, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Divisionof the NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, advised motorists and other petroleum productsconsumers to disregard trending rumour of a planned hike in the pump price ofpetrol.
Ughamadu insisted that the statement of theNNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the National Assembly,Wednesday, did not suggest any plan to increase the price of the white product.
He clarified that what the NNPC GMD statedduring his engagement with the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, at theNational Assembly was that the price of petrol was abysmally low in Nigeriacompared to what obtained in neighbouring West African countries. Ughamadunoted that Kyari had observed at the event that the huge disparity in the pumpprice of petrol between Nigeria on the one hand and her neighbouring country onthe other hand tended to encourage cross-border leakages, as he sought thesupport of the leadership of the National Assembly to curb the malaise ofsmuggling.
He advised Nigerians from all walks of life to disregard the insinuation of a plan hike in the price of petrol by NNPC.