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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...

WRPC casual workers urge NNPC to regularise status

No fewer than 700  casual staff of Warri Refining and Production Company, WRPC,  have pleaded the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to regularise their employment as it commences fresh recruitment across the country.



A  statement by acting Chairman, Akaighe Dennis and acting Secretary, Onaodowan Paul of Uvwie WRPC Support/Contract Staff Workers said they were qualified for the various jobs they are doing at the moment.

“We have continued to eke out our living in conditions only akin to those of slaves even though we live as free men in our ancestral land,”  they said, accusing the firm of adopting apartheid policy in the conditions of service.


“We humbly ask that the same measures applied in previous cases of NNPC general employment be applied in this case. It is also worthy to mention that the NNPC has already captured the biometric details of its entire support staff as a prerequisite process for internal recruitment.

“However, indications are that NNPC  seems to be deviating from its previously planned internal recruitment process due to the vested interest of certain highly placed NNPC executive in Abuja,” the group said.

(Vanguard News Nigeria)

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