Starting today, September 15, 2025, the Dangote Refinery begins direct petrol supply across 11 Nigerian states.
The refinery is selling petrol at an ex-gantry price of N820 ($0.546) per liter with free delivery to registered fuel stations, and the service will expand nationwide as its fleet of 4,000 compressed natural gas trucks is deployed.
This initiative is set to reshape Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector.
The first direct retail supply comes from the Lagos mega-refinery, with recommended pump prices of N841 ($0.56) per liter for Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti, and N851 ($0.567) per liter for Abuja, Delta, Rivers, Edo, and Kwara.
Dangote projects that the investment will move up to 65 million liters of petrol daily, create about 15,000 jobs, and reduce fuel costs by more than N1.7 trillion ($1.13 billion).
The rollout follows clashes with the Nigeria Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association, which had warned that the move could distort competition. Other unions, including the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, staged a two-day strike but suspended it after the Department of State Services brokered an agreement.
The deal, signed by Dangote executives, union leaders, and regulators, allows willing employees to unionize by September 22 and prohibits retaliation against striking workers.
Based in Ibeju-Lekki, the refinery is Africa’s largest single-train facility, with a processing capacity of 650,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It has already begun sourcing crude through Nigeria’s naira-for-crude policy.
By entering the petrol sales market directly, the refinery seeks to stabilize fuel supply, revive shuttered stations, and challenge the Nigerian National Petroleum Company’s control over retail pricing.
source: www.ghanaweb.com
African Energy Council