The Federal government has denied viral reports that it ordered the Ministry of Petroleum to direct NNPCL to sell fuel at N1000 which is above the approved pump price.
Nnemaka Okafor – Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, debunked the report, noting that it was concocted to sow discord and confusion in the oil industry.
She said, “The Federal Government is compelled to address the outright falsehoods currently being circulated on social media, which claim that the Honourable Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to inflate petroleum prices above the approved pump price.”
“We categorically condemn these claims as baseless, malicious, and a deliberate attempt to incite public discontent.”
