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Marketers Will Pay Naira for Dangote Fuel -IPMAN

Aliko Dangote Refined petroleum products from the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery are to be sold in naira and not in the United States dollar as speculated in some quarters, oil marketers clarified on Monday. Dealers in the downstream oil sector also stated that the registration process for marketers at the refinery was still ongoing, as many operators had continued to register with the plant. It was further gathered that officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority were meeting with the management of the refinery to perfect the pricing template for products produced by the facility. On January 12, 2023, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery announced the commencement of production of Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, and JetA1 or aviation fuel. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, had in a statement issued by the firm, said, “We have started the production of diesel and aviation fuel, and the products will be in the market within this mon...
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ADAMAWA GUBER: Babachir Lawal urges APC's Gov Bindow to concede defeat

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, has admonished the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Governor Muhammad Bindow, to honorably concede defeat in the interest of peace in Adamawa State.

The governorship election in the state was declared inconclusive by Professor Andrew Haruna, the Returning Officer for Adamawa State, who said the number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between the two leading contestants.

Lawal spoke in reaction to the release of delimitation details of polling units for governorship re-run election fixed for 23 March as released by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the state.

The delimitation details signed by Bakari Musa, Administrative Secretary, for the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Kassim Gaidam, revealed that the total number of registered voters in the 44 polling units stands 34,101 against 40,948 being speculated.

The details was sequel to the demand by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as condition for the re-run elections in the affected units.

However, Lawal stated that conceding defeat by APC candidate Governorship to give peace a chance, in the state, is aimed at strengthening democratic norms, adding that another election is only four years away.

“The only honorable thing to do is for my party’s candidate, Governor Bindow to concede and give peace a chance.

“Therefore let’s not allow elections to cause trouble between brothers, Bindow can go back to the drawing board and launch himself back, he maintained.

(Ripple News Nigeria)
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