Dangote Refinery Presents First Petrol Sample,Vows to ease Nigeria's fuel crisis

Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, has officially presented the inaugural batch of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from the Dangote Refinery.

The presentation took place on Tuesday via a broadcast at the refinery location in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State.

Notably, the 650,000-barrels-per-day refinery successfully conducted a test run, producing the first sample of petrol.

This development is expected to alleviate the ongoing petrol scarcity that has gripped the nation, offering much-needed relief to millions of Nigerians.

“I would like to salute the people of Nigeria and the government of President Bola Tinubu for giving us the platform for growth, development, and prosperity. I also want to thank him personally for creating the idea of the Naira for crude. Doing that will give Naira stability.

“As we have this refinery working, it will show the true consumption of Nigeria; we can track every loaded truck and ship,” he said.

He also said that his refinery will meet the demands of not only Nigerians but also sub-Saharan Africa.

“This refinery will fuel growth, development, and prosperity by supplying energy to our people,” said Aliko Dangote.

‘Quality of our fuel’

On the quality of petrol from the refinery, Dangote assured all citizens that they “are now going to have good petrol, while the engines of your vehicles will last longer.

“You will not be having an engine issue, which a lot of us were having. It won’t happen at all.

“The quality here will match that of anywhere in the world; US, America, we will make sure that nobody will beat us in terms of quality.”