The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has given a new figure of what it says is the amount of petrol distributed across the country daily. The agency said Nigeria consumes 66.8 million litres of petrol daily, not 62.9 million it earlier quoted. However, both the previous figure and the new one contradict the quantity announced by the State-owned oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, as the volume consumed in the country. Recall that the NNPC had last Sunday insisted that the country consumes 68 million…
Read MoreFuel Subsidy MDA’s conflicting figures: NMDPRA gives new figure of 66.8m litres daily petrol consumption in Nigeria
