He said that the zone's investigation into the complaints yielded a refund of N54, 393,106,143.00 to the Federal
Government by some marketers.
Not exact matches
Late December, the PPPRA had on behalf of the Federal
Government announced that effective January 1, 2016, Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, would be sold at N86 per litre
by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) retail stations, while other oil
marketers would sell at N86.50 per litre.
With the
government removing fuel subsidies and oil
marketers refusing to sell diesel at pump prices, the cost of doing business in Nigeria is expected to double over the next three months especially as oil hits a benchmark price of $ 38 per barrel with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicting a further drop to $ 20 per barrel
by mid-year.
Oil
marketers has declared that readiness to support measures set into motion
by the Federal
Government to end the fuel scarcity menace and as such restore sanity
by adequately supplying and distributing the products in a matter of days.
But in statement signed on Tuesday
by the State's Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the
government recalled that the said transaction took place between an independent
marketer and the Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) before this present
government assumed office.