66 Years After Independence, Nigeria Still Has No Fuel Consumption Data — NMDPRA Boss Reveals What Authority Is Doing

“3 in every 4 litres consumed by Nigerians now refined in-country, however…” Engr. Rabiu Abdullahi Umar reveals causes recent import licences can be issued to entrepreneurs

Lagos, Nigeria — Sixty-six years after independence, Nigeria nonetheless doesn’t have dependable information on how a lot gasoline its residents truly eat, the Authority Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engr. Rabiu Abdullahi Umar, has revealed.

NOP NIGERIA experiences that Umar made the startling disclosure on the OTL 2026 Expo in Lagos, throughout the twentieth anniversary version of Africa Downstream Energy Week, as he outlined reforms being undertaken by the Authority.

“No consumption data yet. We are working on this because up till now no data to show that this fuel station supplied this volume, that supplied that volume. We are working with an IT firm to ensure that we have a reliable consumption data,” he admitted.

The revelation has raised recent questions on a long time of subsidy funds, provide planning and smuggling estimates that have been based mostly on guesswork reasonably than verifiable consumption figures.

Despite the info hole, Umar introduced a significant milestone in home refining, saying three in each 4 litres of gasoline utilized in Nigeria as of at the moment is refined domestically.

He described the feat as unprecedented within the historical past of Nigeria’s downstream sector, a pointy reversal from years of near-total dependence on imports.

READ ALSO

‘Crude Swap Is Back,’ Nigeria Mulls Deal, $4 Cut Off Cost for Domestic Refineries

‘Qatar, Saudi Now Poach Our Best Hands;’ PETAN Raises Alarm As Brain Drain Hits Nigeria’s Oil Sector

Nigeria’s Energy Is Africa’s Opportunity, Tinubu Declares As Sanwo-Olu Reveals How Lagos Cut Transport Fuel Demand

After Days Of Identity Crisis, Switzerland Exposes Who Ebola Patient In Abuja Really Is — 7 Facts Geneva Revealed

After NOP NIGERIA Report, Oil Ministry Director Queried, Minister Disowns Claim

‘Impact,’ 24 Hrs After NOP NIGERIA’s Report, Gov Orders Emergency Fix On Collapsing Iwaro-Oka Road

But the brand new actuality has additionally uncovered supply-demand mismatches, because the NMDPRA boss disclosed that consumption outran provide in September.

“Consumption ran out of supply in September — 38.7 vs 44.4 million litres per day petrol supply vs consumed; gap met from stocks,” he mentioned.

To stop future shocks, Umar mentioned the Authority is now pursuing a short-term goal of 30 to 45 days of product inventory sufficiency throughout the nation.

As a part of its transparency drive, he disclosed that the NMDPRA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC.

“We are doing a review of all internal licenses issued by the NMDPRA. This is to surge transparency,” he defined, noting that sanitizing the licensing regime will curb sharp practices.

NOP NIGERIA experiences that on high quality assurance, Umar introduced that seven new laboratories have been launched in Port Harcourt to check petroleum merchandise, with two extra to be commissioned earlier than the tip of the yr.

“Before the end of the year we are going to launch two more so that by the year end we will have nine laboratories,” he mentioned.

He added that the Authority additionally launched the second revision of the Gas Transportation Network Code, a crucial framework for the way gasoline infrastructure will drive vitality prosperity.

According to him, the NMDPRA’s final objective stays to ensure safe provide, steady and truthful costs and shared prosperity for all Nigerians, a activity that he mentioned should now be anchored on actual information, not estimates.

NOP NIGERIA