“N739 Per Litre”: Man Goes to Filling Station to Confirm Dangote’s New Fuel Price, Posts Receipt
- A Nigerian man visited a filling station after African businessman and Dangote Group president announced a new fuel price
- He mentioned the amount he used to refill his car’s full tank and shared evidence of how much he paid following Dangote’s announcement
- The man also added a video showing what he saw during his visit to the filling station for the fuel purchase after the announcement
Just days after African businessman Aliko Dangote announced N739 as the new petrol price per litre, a Nigerian man who went to a filling station to purchase fuel has shared an update.
The young man posted his story online with video evidence to back his claims, also showing the receipt, as he expressed his frustration with the filling station.
Source: Twitter
What is Dangote's new fuel price?
In a report that recently took social media by storm, the president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had mentioned that fuel would be sold at 739 naira per litre starting Tuesday, December 16.
In a report made available by The Punch, Dangote mentioned that MRS, a filling station, would commence the sale, while several other filling stations would follow.
Hours after the publication, a Nigerian man, @ogannah, visited an MRS filling station and shared the amount he paid per litre.
"Dangote Refinery is walking the talk! Bought petrol ⛽️⛽️ at N739 per litre at MRS Station, Victoria Island. Hopefully, this drives prices of goods and services down. Other retailers: NNPC, Mobil, et al. are still selling at N880 per litre!"
Source: Twitter
Man shares receipt of fuel purchase
He added that it used to cost him a large sum to completely fill his car tank, but now it costs him less.
He continued:
"It used to cost N70k to fill my RR SUV! Just saved about N18k."
Reactions as Dangote announces new fuel price
Legit.ng compiled some reactions below:
@UgochukwuAnya said:
"In as much as Dangote investment in refinery is good why does he like to operate in monopoly. All investments he made in competitive markets failed woefully. Otedola did the same in diesel market. They all get rich through strangling competition."
@basquiatshow added:
"Many ways to be patriotic and build more wealth at the same time, OUK, Obi, Atiku etc shouldn’t get one vote from any Nigerian, you don’t need to be President before you can solve some of Nigerian problems and still become richer."
@TmOladipo wrote:
"Reducing of petrol price will be a great plus for customers, while it will be a great lose for Petrol importers and marketers. I just hope this will not cause issue next year, if they keep demanding for compensation while they should also end in end with Dangote for competition."
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In a similar story, Legit.ng reported that following Dangote Refinery’s price cut, private petrol depots across Nigeria began lowering their prices for marketers.
Dangote refinery sets new petrol price
Meanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that Dangote PetroleDum Refinery set a new petrol price of N739 per litre at its partner filling stations. This came after the refinery lowered its own price to N699 per litre.
Starting Tuesday, December 16, MRS Oil Nigeria Plc and other partner stations like Conoil, Eterna, Golden Super, Nepal Energies, and Kifayat Global Energy would sell petrol at the new lower price. Aliko Dangote said people will no longer buy petrol at N970 per litre.
Source: Legit.ng
