Nearly two weeks after Farouk Ahmed stepped down as chief executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the regulator has disclosed that petrol supply from the Dangote Refinery fell short of official projections in November, even as overall fuel availability across the country increased.
In its November 2025 State of the Midstream and Downstream Fact Sheet, NMDPRA said the 20 billion Dangote Refinery, owned by Africas richest man Aliko Dangote, was expected to deliver 35 million liters of petrol a day to the domestic market. Actual daily volumes averaged 23.52 million liters. The shortfall came during a period when Nigerias estimated petrol consumption eased to about 52.9 million liters a day, down from 56.7 million liters in October.
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