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Some fuel importers in the country have alleged that the Dangote refinery sells a litre of petrol to international traders at N65 cheaper.
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Price cuts by refinery seen as anti-competitive, undermining local marketers.
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Dangote launches logistics-free distribution, vows compressed natural gas trucks.
Dangote refinery petrol pricing, DAPPMAN allegations, and international sales have sparked fresh tensions in Nigeria’s downstream sector, as marketers claim the company sells fuel to foreign buyers at N65 per litre below domestic rates.
The Depot and Petroleum Product Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) and the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association confirmed that international traders in Lome, Togo, buy Dangote petrol cheaper than Nigerian marketers.
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DAPPMAN Executive Secretary, Olufemi Adewole, said domestic importers sometimes find it more profitable to purchase from overseas traders, highlighting price disparities and restrictive delivery policies by the refinery.
“Dangote sells to international traders at N65 cheaper than what he offers in Nigeria…Even if he would give it to us, it would be with conditions that would not be profitable. Is that business?” Adewole asked.
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The refinery, however, dismissed the allegations, attributing DAPPMAN’s claims to the backdrop of the ongoing dispute with the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
While Dangote launches compressed natural gas-powered trucks for logistics-free distribution, the refinery maintains its price reduction strategy is designed to ease fuel costs in key regions, including Lagos, Abuja, and Edo.
Adewole stressed that domestic marketers still supply 65–70 per cent of national fuel demand under strict regulatory oversight, and challenged claims that the refinery’s “free delivery” scheme genuinely reduces costs.
He argued the arrangement imposes extra financial and operational burdens on local marketers.
The DAPPMAN leader called for fair discounts to offset freight costs from refinery gantries to marketer depots, warning that continued price disparities could encourage importers to bypass the domestic market entirely.
The petroleum retail body maintains that systemic fairness and market transparency are critical to sustaining Nigeria’s downstream ecosystem.
