The Federal Government has made its intentions known to
reduce pump price of petrol to N85 per litre, come January 1.
Vanguard reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum,
Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, addressed newsmen during a tour of the Port Harcourt
refinery yesterday, December 25.He said that the Federal government is working
to reduce the pump price of petrol to about 85 or 86 naira per litre by Jan
1st. He said:
“If you look at the new PPPRA template that we developed and
which I just signed off two days ago, when it is announced you will find out
that for now ,and I use the emphatic word of the President for now, the price
of the refined product will actually be lower than 87 naira, It will be 85. We
will probably announce that in January if the prices hold.
“Like I said, we have done a modulation calculation and it
is showing us below N87. I imagine that if PPPRA publishes it today, it will
become effective immediately. But the 1st of January that is when we are
looking at.
“What that does for you is that its modulating. If it goes
up you move up, if it comes down you come down. So we take away the fact of
having to go find funds to pay for these subsidies that we cannot afford. More importantly we try to be as close to the pump price
that we have now as possible,” he said.
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