ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-The total consumption of premium motor spirit in Nigeria increased to 63.7 million liters per day in December 2025, up from 52.9 ml/d in November.
This is according to the latest fact sheet released by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA.
The data revealed that fuel consumption jumped by 10.8 million liters/day, or 20.4 percent, month-to-month.
Out of the 63.7 million liters of the “74.2 ml/d total domestic supply of petrol” in December, up from 71.5 ml/d the previous month, NMDPRA data showed that supply from Dangote Refinery rose to 32.01 million liters per day in December, up from 19.47 ml/d.
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This indicates that domestic supply from the Dangote Refinery to the market increased by 64.4 percent month-on-month; however, the refinery still fell short of its planned “50 million liters per day” domestic supply target for the period under review.
Recall that on December 11, 2025, Dangote Refinery cut its petrol price to N699 and later raised the retail price to N739 per liter at MRS filling stations nationwide.
Recently, the Managing Director of Dangote Refinery, David Bird, maintained that Dangote petrol at N739 is “competitive.”
However, Professor Emeritus of petroleum economics and energy expert, Wumi Iledare, described Dangote’s N739 per liter petrol price as a “market distortion.”