•NMDPRA writes, engages marketers to stabilize fuel market
•Invites NMDPRA to the refinery to monitor daily production
DANGOTE Oil Refinery has announced plans to supply one and a half billion liters of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) monthly to the Nigerian market in December 2025 and January 2026, a move aimed at ensuring uninterrupted availability of fuel across the country during the festive season and New Year.
Dangote Industries Limited Chairman and CEO Aliko Dangote revealed the plans at the weekend, noting that the refinery will make available 50 million liters of PMS daily from December 1.
“In line with our commitment to national well-being and our track record of ensuring a fuel shortage-free Christmas season, the Dangote Oil Refinery will supply 1.5 billion liters of PMS to the Nigerian market this month.
This represents 50 million liters per day.
“We are formally notifying this commitment to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). We will supply another 1.5 billion liters in January and increase to 1.75 billion liters in February, which translates to over 60 million liters per day,” Dangote said.
During a visit by the South-South Development Commission (SSDC) to the refinery and Dangote Fertilizers complex, he stated that the facility currently has adequate stock and produces between 40 and 45 million liters of PMS per day.
He added that the daily supply of 50 million liters should dispel long-standing claims that domestic refineries lack capacity to meet domestic demand.
Dangote also revealed continued engagement with oil marketers to strengthen
distribution systems, including expanding the use of CNG-powered transportation.
“Our priority is to ensure that Nigeria receives the products it needs. This is not driven by profit motives, but is about ensuring the availability of essential energy products.
“It is similar to the transformation we achieved in the cement sector,” he added.
In a letter signed by David Bird, CEO of Dangote Refinery, and addressed to the CEO of the NMDPRA Authority, the company invited the regulator to independently verify its actual daily production capacity, countering prevailing speculation.
“We request your support to host NMDPRA officials at our refinery from December 1, to publicly validate and confirm our daily supply volumes. In the interest of complete transparency, we are prepared to publish our daily production and stock figures in print and online media.”
Dangote also noted that the refinery is moving forward with its expansion plan to reach a capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day. More than 100,000 workers are expected to participate in the expansion of both the refinery and the fertilizer complex.
Dangote highlighted that the Group remains committed to its vision, driven by strong public support for the company’s role in shaping Nigeria’s economic development.
During the visit, the Director General of SSDC, Usoro Offiong Akpabio, commended Dangote’s leadership and his continued contribution to strengthening industrial capacity, national energy security and Nigeria’s long-term economic competitiveness.
He described the South South region as Nigeria’s natural energy corridor, with vast crude oil reserves, gas infrastructure, maritime assets, agro-industrial activity and emerging industrial clusters.
He noted that deeper collaboration between the region and the Dangote Group could unlock opportunities in product distribution, CNG infrastructure, petrochemicals, agriculture and job creation. Akpabio added that such partnerships would advance the Federal Government’s energy stability agenda and position the South-South as a strategic growth hub for the Dangote Group.
“As the statutory development agency for the South South, the SSDC is mandated to drive regional economic development, infrastructure integration, human capital advancement and private sector-led growth.