Federal government counters ₦212 new fuel price from Petroleum…
Federal government counters ₦212 new fuel price from Petroleum Products Pricing Agency, See New Price The Minister of State for Petroleum , Timipre Sylva, says neither he nor President Muhammadu Buhari was informed, and regrets “distress and inconvenience, the unfortunate information might have caused.” The Minister of States for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, has disowned the increase in the price of petrol as announced earlier by the Petroleum Products Pricing Agency, PPPRA. Mr Sylva said neither he nor President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the decision to increase the retail price to N212 per litre. The increase by the PPPRA late Thursday, contradicting the NNPC’s earlier assurance that the price of petrol would be maintained, sparked outrage across the country Friday. The NNPC insisted its position had not changed and the PPPRA later deleted the post from its website. In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES Friday, Mr Sylva said the government could not have lied and called the PP