As petrol prices climbed across Nigeria over the weekend, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, owned by Africas richest man, Aliko Dangote, said it is ready to supply marketers with more than 310 million liters of petrol, urging them to bring their trucks for loading.
During a facility tour on Friday, Devakumar Edwin, vice president of the Dangote Group, told reporters that the refinery was operating at full capacity and capable of meeting both local and export demand.
We have more than 310 million liters as of now, Edwin said. Bring your tankers. We will load. Any number you bring, we can handle. He added that speculation about the refinery halting production was unfounded and might have prompted some marketers to raise prices unnecessarily.