Nigeria though a leading oil producer, remains dependent on the importation of refined products due to the non-operational state of its refineries in Kaduna, Warri, and Port Harcourt are non-operational, despite the billions of dollars in government investment.
This reliance according to Daily Post, has left over 150 million Nigerians vulnerable to imported substandard fuel. ANPE highlighted allegations that local oil cabals frustrate efforts of the sole viable local refinery, Dangote, while allegedly pushing off-spec and adulterated products into the country—a matter currently under investigation by the National Assembly Joint Committee.
The Association in a press statement signed by its global president, Solomon Ola, expressed worry over the recent trend of importing these products intonNigeria, cautioning about the potential health and economic risks.
The statement read in part: “The importation of sanctioned tainted fuel into Nigeria could have severe diplomatic implications, especially considering sanctions imposed by the Price Cap Coalition, which includes the European Union, United States, G7, and Australia.”
Stressing the environmental and health risks posed by these adulterated products, cautioning that “dirty fuel” could damage vehicles and machinery, while harmful emissions could strain the public healthcare system, ANPE “condemned the economic damage caused by the importation of overpriced and substandard fuel, urging President Tinubu to prevent Nigeria from becoming a “dumping ground” for foreign-sourced, adulterated petroleum products.
It added that, “This insistence on importing bad fuel undermines Nigeria’s economic policies and sabotages local development.
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