By Franklin Adole
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced plans to supply one billion five hundred million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) monthly to the Nigerian market in December 2025 and January 2026, a major effort aimed at ensuring uninterrupted nationwide fuel availability through the festive season and into the New Year.
President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, revealed the plan at the weekend, stating that the refinery will make available 50 million litres of PMS daily beginning December 1.
“In line with our commitment to national wellbeing, and consistent with our track record of ensuring a holiday season free of fuel scarcity, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery will supply 1.5 billion litres of PMS to the Nigerian market this month. This represents 50 million litres per day. We are formally notifying the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) of this commitment. We will supply another 1.5 billion litres in January and increase to 1.7 billion litres in February, which translates to about 60 million litres per day,” Dangote said.
During a visit by the South-South Development Commission (SSDC) to the refinery and the Dangote Fertiliser complex, he stated that the facility currently has adequate stock and is producing between 40 and 45 million litres of PMS daily. He added that the daily supply of 50 million litres should dispel long-standing claims that domestic refineries lack the capacity to meet national demand.
Dangote also confirmed ongoing engagement with petroleum marketers to strengthen distribution networks, including wider deployment of CNG-powered haulage. “Our priority is to ensure Nigeria receives the products it needs. This is not driven by profit motives; it is about guaranteeing the availability of essential energy products. It is similar to the transformation we delivered in the cement sector,” he said.
He further noted that the refinery is advancing its expansion plan to hit a capacity of 1.4 million barrels per day, with more than 100,000 workers expected to participate in the growth of both the refinery and the fertiliser plant. He stressed that public support continues to motivate the Group’s long-term economic vision.
SSDC Managing Director, Usoro Offiong Akpabio, praised Dangote’s leadership and his contribution to strengthening Nigeria’s industrial capacity, national energy security and long-term economic competitiveness. She described the South-South region as the country’s natural energy hub, endowed with vast crude oil reserves, gas infrastructure, maritime assets, agro-industrial activity and emerging industrial clusters.
Akpabio said deeper collaboration between the region and the Dangote Group could unlock opportunities in product distribution, CNG infrastructure, petrochemicals, agriculture and job creation. She added that such partnerships would advance the Federal Government’s energy stability agenda and position the South-South as a strategic growth centre for the Dangote Group.
“As the statutory development body for the South-South, SSDC is mandated to drive regional economic development, infrastructure integration, human capital development and private-sector–led growth. In this regard, we stand prepared to support State-level policy and regulatory initiatives to enhance the ease of doing business across our six states, enabling environments for the Dangote Group’s expansion into gas processing, agro-value chains, renewable energy, logistics and export-oriented manufacturing,” she said.
In a letter from the refinery’s Managing Director, David Bird, to the Authority Chief Executive of the NMDPRA, the company reaffirmed its readiness to host NMDPRA officials onsite from December 1 to verify and publish its daily supply volumes. The refinery also sought the Authority’s support to ensure unhindered importation of crude, feedstocks and blending components, as well as smooth vessel loading for product evacuation.
“In the spirit of full transparency to the public, we are willing to publish our daily production and stock volumes in both online and print media,” Bird wrote. “We seek the full support of NMDPRA to allow Dangote Refinery to import our crude, feedstocks and blending components without hindrance, as well as support the lifting of our products by vessel. We continue to experience delays in vessel clearance which impact not only the refinery’s operations but also our customers, adding unnecessary costs and inefficiencies.”