Dangote Refinery has dumped petroleum products marketers as its direct fuel and diesel distribution nationwide scheme draws closer.
This came as a letter by the 650,000-barrel-per-day refinery to all its strategic partners dated July 13th, 2025, and signed by Dangote’s Group Executive Director-Commercial Operations, Fatima Dangote, showed that the plant has suspended its discounted fuel supply scheme.
The company cited racketeering by petroleum products markets for its action.
Dangote Refinery’s letter partly reads, “DPRP Management is suspending the discounted price offered to partners effective 13th July 2025 and working towards restructuring the scheme.”
It, however, urged petrol marketers to “judiciously explore other incentive/reward schemes.”
However, the development came as the Dangote Refinery is set to commence its direct-to-customers petroleum products distribution scheme from August 15, 2025.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of Dangote Industries has not officially confirmed the development as of filing the report on Thursday.
The retail marketers of Dangote Refinery include MRS Oil, Ardova Plc, Hyde Energy, Optima Energy, Heyden Petroleum, Techno Oil and others.
Earlier, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria had hinted at a plan to adopt Dangote Refinery’s fuel distribution initiative.
However, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria has visibly kicked against Dangote Refinery’s initiative over fear of monopoly and business shutdown.
The reports said that ex-depot and retail prices of petrol dropped recently.
Dangote Refinery reduced its ex-depot price to N820 per litre, while retail prices at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, MRS filling stations, and others stood between N885 and N915 per litre in Abuja.
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