Finally, Dangote Refinery rolls out petrol, says it’s celebration day for Nigerians

After over a year since its launch in May 2023, Dangote Refinery, on Tuesday, rolled out its first Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from its 650,000 barrels per day facility.

This is even as the chairman of the company billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote declared that “it’s a celebration day” for Nigerians.

He further posited that the quality of the product from the refinery matches that from anywhere from the world.

“We are now going to have good petrol while the engines of your vehicles will last longer. You will not be having an engine issue, which a lot of us were having. It won’t happen at all.

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“The quality here will match that of anywhere in the world; US, America, we will make sure that nobody will beat us in terms of quality,” Dangote said at a press conference on Tuesday.

The refinery owner said as soon as his company finalises modalities with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), the product will hit the market.

“As soon as we finalise with the NNPCL, our product will start going into the market.

“We will help to restore industry and manufacturing. We will begin real import substitution, which is what we have, you know, saving foreign exchange, earning foreign exchange, which will stabilise the naira, and it will also help bring down inflation and cost of living,” he stated.

By: Babajide Okeowo

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