The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said it issued oil licences to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and oil marketers to address petroleum product shortfalls in the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NMDPRA told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit filed and deposed to by Idris Musa, a senior regulatory officer in the agency, in response to a suit brought by Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.
Dangote Refinery, in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, had earlier requested the court to award N100 billion in damages against the NMDPRA for issuing import licenses to some marketers and allowing the importation of petroleum products.
The marketers are NNPC Ltd, Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, AYM Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, T. Time Petroleum Limited, and 2015 Petroleum Limited.
In the suit dated 6 September 2024, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Ogwu Onoja, asked the court to…
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