- Safiu Kehinde
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has again announced the suspension of petrol sales in naira.
This was in a statement issued on Friday by the Group Commercial Operations of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals.
According to the statement titled “Suspension of DPRP PMS Naira Sales – Effective 28th September 2025”, the decision was triggered by the depletion of its crude-for-naira allocation.
The refinery urged customers with pending naira-based transactions to request refunds.
The statement read in part; “We write to inform you that Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals has been selling petroleum products in excess of our Naira-Crude allocations and, consequently, we are unable to sustain PMS sales in Naira going forward.
“Kindly note that this suspension of Naira sales for PMS will be effective from Sunday, 28th of September, 2025. We will provide further updates regarding the resumption of supply once the situation has been resolved.
“All customers with PMS transactions in Naira who would like a refund of their current payments should formally request the processing of their refund.”
While this is coming amid ongoing clash with several unions in the oil sector, the development also marked the second time Dangote Refinery halted naira transactions.
NPO Reported that the refinery March 2025, briefly suspended sales of refined products in the local currency, citing inadequate crude-for-naira allocations.