Energy experts under the aegis of the Arewa Youths Initiative for Energy Reforms, AYIFER, have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to urgently reopen the Kaduna refinery.
According to the group, sustainable energy reform requires NNPCL to expedite efforts to make the Kaduna refinery operational, ensuring a more stable fuel supply and reducing dependence on imports.
AYIFER was reacting to the recent reduction in fuel prices by the Dangote Refinery.
Media Talk Africa recalls that in a public notice on the price slash on Wednesday, 26th February 2025, Dangote announced that the retail prices at filling stations owned by its three official off-takers—MRS, Ardova (AP), and Heyden—would be N860, N865, and N865 per litre, respectively.
According to the statement, the company said the price adjustment was designed to provide essential relief to Nigerians in celebration of the Ramadan season.
In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Alhaji Bashir Al’Amin, and General Secretary, Engr. Gideon Yakubu, the group commended Dangote for easing the financial burden on Nigerians through its price adjustment.
“If not for Dangote, who came to break the monopoly of NNPCL, we would have been buying fuel at the rate of N2,000 per litre today. If not for Dangote, who challenged the system, the long-abandoned Port Harcourt and Warri refineries would still be moribund.
“Now, corruption is greatly reduced in that space. Those who specialize in importing adulterated and fake fuel are closing their shops. Those who dare to continue in the business of importation are now losing N75bn every month.
“We also want to use this opportunity to call on the NNPCL to, as a matter of necessity, make the Kaduna refinery functional. That is the only surviving legacy for us in the North right now,” the statement added.
Dangote: Reopen Kaduna refinery now – Energy experts tell NNPCL
