By Augustine Akhilomen
The Federal government has distance itself from reports circulating in the media that the Ministry of Petroleum directed NNPCL to sell fuel at N1000, above the approved pump price.
In a statement issued and signed by Nnemaka Okafor, the Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, she refuted the report, noting that it was concocted and ill-conceived to sow discord and confusion in the oil industry.
“The Federal Government is compelled to address the outright falsehoods currently being circulated on social media, which claim that the Honourable Minister for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to inflate petroleum prices above the approved pump price.”
“We categorically condemn these claims as baseless, malicious, and a deliberate attempt to incite public discontent.”
“We challenge anyone in possession of any evidence, be it written documents, audio, or video recordings-that supports these fabrications to make it public.”
