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NPPC sends 300 trucks to lift petrol from Dangote Refinery

Newnaija 3 weeks ago 0 9

The NNPC will commence lifting of petrol from the Dangote Refinery in Lagos on Sunday for distribution to marketers.

No fewer than 300 trucks belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited will arrive at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s fuel loading gantry in Lagos on Saturday, September 14, 2024.

This is in preparation for the commencement distribution of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, from the $20 billion local refinery.

Recall that the Federal Government announced that the lifting of petrol from the facility will commence on Sunday, September 15, 2024, with NNPCL the sole buyer of Dangote fuel for onward distribution to other marketers.

In a post on his X on Saturday, the spokesman of the national oil company, Olufemi Soneye, shared a video of the trucks arriving at the facility located in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State.

Soneye said 300 trucks will arrive at the facility at the of the day with more expected tomorrow.

“NNPC Ltd. trucks are arriving at the Dangote Refinery in preparation for the scheduled petrol loading on Sunday, September 15, 2024.

“By the end of today, at least 300 trucks will be stationed at the refinery’s fuel loading gantry,” Soneye confirmed.

At the same time, the NNPC also shared photos of the trucks’ arrival at Dangote Refinery, noting that over 100 of them had already landed.

”In preparation for the Dangote Refinery’s scheduled petrol loading on Sunday, September 15, 2024, NNPC Ltd. has been mobilising trucks to the refinery’s fuel loading gantry in Ibeju-Lekki.

”As of Saturday afternoon, NNPC Ltd. had deployed over 100 trucks, with hundreds more en route,’‘ the NNPC post read.

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