Minister of State for Petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri says to combat smuggling, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited need to sell imported fuel above landing cost.
Lokpobiri, said this at the 2024 Energy and Labour summit in Abuja, at the weekend.
According to him, smugglers will continue to thrive as long as NNPC imports fuel and sells it below the landing cost.
“If NNPC imports PMS and sells to marketers at perhaps N600 or below, there’s no way that smuggling can stop.
“When smugglers are taking the products outside the country, even if you put all the policemen on the road, they are Nigerians; you and I know the answer (response),” he said.
