The President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), Billy Gillis-Harry, has clarified that fuel pricing is not determined by the association.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television on Monday, he explained that PETROAN’s primary focus is on ensuring the steady availability of petroleum products across the country.
He noted that the association has not encountered any challenges in sourcing products from the Dangote Refinery, describing the supply so far as reliable.
“This is a situation that we really need to interrogate and do the best we can from our end as Retail Outlet Owners.
“We are focused mostly on ensuring that petroleum product availability is top on our agenda, and we are getting that product from Dangote Refinery. So far, we haven’t gotten any disappointment as to getting products from there.
“So the pricing is completely not within our purview, because first, you already can tell that the price of restocking of crude oil that is the feedstock for the refining of refined products is just going up the roof, and that is a major concern.
“But we do believe that we might need to find other ways of how we can try to ensure that Nigerians do not get under the water,” Gillis-Harry said.