Lagos — Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has resumed selling petrol in naira, following a brief suspension due to crude supply constraints, according to a notice sent to customers and seen by Reuters late on Saturday.
The refinery said sales of petrol denominated in naira were restarting immediately, following intervention by the chairman of the Naira for Crude Technical Committee.
The resumption marks a reversal of the refinery’s earlier decision to halt local currency sales, which had raised concerns about fuel availability and pricing in Africa’s largest economy.
Dangote refinery, Africa’s largest, began supplying petrol to the domestic market earlier this year, but has faced challenges securing crude feedstock amid Nigeria’s broader oil production issues.
*Ben Ezeamalu & Isaac Anyaogu; editing: Portia Crowe & Bernadette Baum – Reuters
