Vanguard exclusively gathered that the blacklisting of
Nigerian oil marketers by the foreign suppliers followed the challenges faced by marketers to access foreign exchange due to stringent rules by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on foreign exchange transactions.
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.
Last week,
oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Products Importers said they owed some
Nigerian banks over $ 1bn used for the importation of petroleum products, with accumulated interest of N160bn.
«Consequently, the
Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Independent Petroleum
Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and other related
oil and gas unions hereby suspend the industrial action embarked upon by their members, with immediate effect.
The
marketers include Conoil Plc, Total Plc, OVH Energy Plc, Oando Plc, Forte
Oil and Gas Plc, Mobil Plc, MRS
Oil Plc, NIPCO
Oil Plc and other retailers of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.