Fuel Price Hike: VP Shettima summons Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and NNPCL GMD


Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to address the recent hike in pump price of petrol.

The meeting, held on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, who is currently on an official visit to China, also included the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.

The Vice President is meeting with the trio in his office at the State House, Abuja today, Thursday, September 5.

NNPCL on Tuesday increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to ₦855, ₦897 (depending on the location per litre) amid lingering fuel scarcity and the country’s crisis.
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