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Nigerian govt announces reduction in fuel price

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The Federal Government has agreed to cut out the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), known as petroleum from N168 to N162.44 per liter.

However, The new cost will take place from Monday, December fourteenth, 2020.

Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labor and Employment, revealed this while tending to newsmen toward the finish of a shut entryway meeting with the coordinated work on Tuesday in Abuja.

The gathering was required by the expansion of PMS from N160 per liter to N170 and the expansion in power levy.

Speaking with journalists, Ngige said: “Our discussion was fruitful and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which is the major importer and marketers of petroleum product and customers have agreed that there will be a slide down of the pump price of PMS.

“The price cut will get us about N5 per litre and that the price cut will take effect from next Monday, a week from today,” he said.

He noted that the price reduction was not meant to suspend deregulation as it did not affect the price of crude oil.

He, however, said that the NNPC as the main importer has agreed that it would cut costs like freight cost and demurrage.

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The minister noted that the new price slash was a product of a joint committee of NNPC and labour representatives who look into ways of cutting costs.

Ngige also said that government and labour have agreed to wait until the next meeting on Jan. 25, 2021, on the aspect of electricity tariffs.

He added that this is to enable the special committee dealing with complaints to conclude their deliberations.

Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the meeting was fruitful.

Wabba said that the Federal Government has agreed to a reduction in the price of petrol.

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