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As Nigerians anticipate the release of petrol from the $20 billion Dangote Petroleum Refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has announced it will begin lifting the product on September 15. However, NNPC highlighted that petrol prices will be influenced by foreign exchange rates and market forces due to the deregulated nature of the market. Oil marketers reported that approximately 2,000 tankers are waiting at depots across Lagos, Warri, and Port Harcourt for fuel.

Giving a brief history of the NNPC/FIRS agreement, Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, who said that the NNPCL was investing its resources into infrastructure, explained the ideology of the Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme as “a new model of partnership with the private sector companies whereby government is saying, “Give me my tax in advance and I will invest it in infrastructure”. 

NNPC will commence a twenty-four hour supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS across various parts of the country, as it claimed to have over 1 billion litres of the commodity.

FIRS Executive Chairman, Mr Muhammad Nami, in his remarks, said the investment in roads was as a result of Executive Order 007, 2019 meant to encourage taxpayers to use company income tax payable by them to fix the nation’s critical infrastructure in exchange for tax credit.

Some new appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited, have taken place following the incorporation of the apex oil company.