Tag: AA Rano

Petrol station workers reject AA Rano’s Nigeria’s first fully automated fuel stations

Aminu Imam
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Petrol station workers, represented by the ‘Concerned Petrol Station Workers’, have voiced strong opposition to AA Rano’s plans to introduce what the company has described as Nigeria’s first fully automated and unmanned fuel stations. The workers caution that if implemented without adequate safeguards, this move could exacerbate unemployment and contribute to rising insecurity across the country.  Recall that AA Rano recently announced its intention to roll out the automated stations this January, highlighting that these outlets would operate a 24-hour self-service fuelling system. According to the company, the stations will…

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Ɗangote in court, seeks revocation of NNPCL, others’ import licenses 

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…As NMDPRA defends decision The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA), has defended its decision to issue petroleum import licenses to various oil marketers, citing the need to bridge shortfalls in national supply.  This defense was presented before Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in response to a suit filed by Ɗangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE. In a counter-affidavit submitted by a Senior Regulatory Officer at NMDPRA, Idris Musa, the Authority argued that the Ɗangote Refinery’s current production levels are insufficient to meet Nigeria’s…

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