Oyedele: Tinubu govt fails to implement N1,350/litre petrol discount at NNPCL two weeks after announcement

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government is yet to instrumentality its projected discounted petrol terms of N1,350 per litre, 2 weeks aft the announcement.

DAILY POST reports that the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, announced the projected discounted gantry terms for petrol astatine Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, filling stations connected Thursday, October 8, 2026.

Oyedele argued that Nigerians should not beryllium subjected to the volatility of planetary lipid prices, hence his connection for a fixed terms of N1,350 per litre.

He, however, made it wide that the connection did not magnitude to a instrumentality of substance subsidy.

The determination had elicited some praise and condemnation from Nigerians.

However, 14 days aft Oyedele announced the projected fixed terms of N1,350 per litre, NNPCL retail outlets successful Abuja and its environs person yet to bespeak the terms adjustment.

DAILY POST reports that astir NNPCL filling stations successful Abuja and its environs dispense petrol astatine N1,405 per litre.

Checks by DAILY POST astatine NNPCL outlets showed that since Oyedele announced the projected discounted petrol terms of N1,350 per litre, the state-owned lipid institution has adjusted its pump terms upwa...