Dangote refinery to begin direct petrol supply to 11 states September 15
The Dangote Group has announced that its petroleum refinery will commence direct supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to 11 states beginning Monday, September 15, 2025.
The announcement was made in a press release shared via the Group’s official X account on Thursday.
According to the statement, the distribution scheme will be free for all petrol stations nationwide.
Retail pump prices have been fixed at N841 per litre in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, and Ekiti, while motorists in Abuja, Delta, Rivers, Edo, and Kwara will pay N851 per litre.
Anthony Chiejina, spokesman for the Dangote Group, confirmed to Punch that prices will drop once the free distribution commences.
“We are starting the free fuel distribution scheme on Monday. We will start with Lagos and the South West, Abuja, Kwara, Delta, Rivers and Edo States,” Chiejina said.
He explained that the programme had originally been scheduled for August but was delayed “due to logistics challenges in China.”
More states are expected to benefit as additional trucks arrive in the country.
Background
In July 2025, the refinery received 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks under a N720 billion investment initiative.
The programme aims to distribute 65 million litres of refined petroleum products daily, create over 15,000 jobs, and save Nigerians more than N1.7 trillion annually in energy costs.
The project also aims to boost efficiency in the downstream sector and reactivate dormant petrol stations.
However, the refinery’s expansion has not been without controversy.
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has accused Aliko Dangote of pursuing “an anti-union agenda” in the oil and gas sector.
Daily Times earlier reported that the union alleged that Dangote and his cousin, Sayyu Dantata, were working to establish a monopoly that threatened jobs, trade unions, and Nigerians’ economic rights.
NUPENG further criticised Dangote’s plan to import 10,000 CNG trucks, claiming it was part of a scheme to dominate the downstream market.
It said newly recruited drivers were being compelled to sign agreements barring them from joining existing unions.
The dispute led to a two-day strike, later suspended after the Department of State Services (DSS) convened a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and union representatives.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed, allowing employees willing to unionise to do so between September 9 and 22, 2025, banning the creation of parallel unions, and guaranteeing that no worker would face victimisation for participating in the strike.
