Import Licences: Oil Marketers Reply Dangote, Say Private Interests Cannot Override Regulator’s Mandate

Declare fresh lawsuit by Africa’s richest man against Nigerian fuel consumers

Insist petroleum products market not a monopoly

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) yesterday pushed back against the fresh lawsuit filed by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery seeking to invalidate fuel import licences issued by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

In a strongly-worded statement, the association argued that the licences being challenged were not mere administrative favours, but legal instruments issued under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) to guarantee the country’s fuel supply security.