Petrol Na Di Biggest Thing Wey Nigeria Import As Dem Bring In 613.6 Million Litres For One Year

Between October 2024 and October 10, 2025, Nigerians use 613.62 million litres of petrol (wey people sabi as Premium Motor Spirit) for transport, light, and other house use. New data from Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) show say even with Dangote Refinery and local plants working, imported fuel still be di main source. Out of di total, 377.54 million litres come from import, while only 236.08 million litres na from local refinery, with Dangote refinery supplying most. Imports still cover about 63% of Nigeria petrol need, while local refineries try with 37%, better pass last year. Data still show say local production rise from 9.62 million litres/day for October 2024 to 18.93 million litres/day by October 2025, while import drop from 46.38 million litres/day to 15.11 million litres/day same time.

Even with di rise in local supply, 800,000 backlog of unprocessed licences na still issue, though dem don cut am to 400,000. FRSC dey work 24/7 now with capacity to print 40,000 licences/day. Di shift to Dangote and local refining don help reduce foreign exchange pressure, but total supply still dey drop from 55.21 million litres in May to 34.04 million litres in October due to wahala like maintenance and logistics. CEO of Petroleum.ng, Olatide Jeremiah, hail di progress but talk say Dangote Refinery need full access to crude in naira to scale up and cut pump price. E complain say even though Nigeria na Africa biggest oil producer and get biggest refinery, we still dey import 60% of our fuel — something wey no make sense. E call FG and NUPRC make dem give local refineries full crude access, say na dat one go make fuel plenty and cheap.