Dr. Adetokunbo Pearse, a member of the People Democratic Party (PDP), National Presidential Campaign Council, claims that Mele Kyari, the managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), should be thoroughly investigated about the volatility in landing costs.
In contrast to the NNPCL boss’ comment, Dr. Pearse claimed on Monday’s episode of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily that the construction of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the repair of local refineries should lower the product’s landing cost. He also stated that Nigerians have a right to know the actual landing cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
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“The way you solve a problem is to go to the source. Let the president go and interrogate NNPCL and let us find out – announce to the country what the landing cost is so that we know exactly what we can make, and how much we can sell oil that will not cripple the economy. That’s what we need to do,” he urged.
“The way you solve a problem is to go to the source. Let the president go and interrogate NNPCL and let us find out – announce to the country what the landing cost is so that we know exactly what we can make, and how much we can sell oil that will not cripple the economy. That’s what we need to do,” he said.
“When you go to the NNPCL, you find out that the landing cost is so low, the price that is given. The landing cost at one point was 50 naira per litre, now it’s about 150 per litre.”
“One of the reasons I said we need to go to NNPCL is this: Kyari said on this Channels that even when Dangote oil comes fully on board, the price of pump fuel will not reduce – even with the production of oil in Port Harcourt and elsewhere. That man needs to be investigated.
“Of course, if you refine your oil here, the man is already telling us that even when it is refined here, it is still not going to go down and you and I know that if we have our own refineries and we are refining the product here, the price should be more competitive,” he argued.
According to Dr. Pearse, “increasing crude oil prices and PMS supply costs beyond PPPRA (now NMDPRA) cap had pushed oil marketing firms’ (OMCs) withdrawal from PMS import since the fourth quarter of 2017.
