The Federal government has rubbished reports on social media suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum has ordered NNPCL to sell fuel at N1000, above the approved pump price.
A report, intending to mislead the public and cause panic, which is devoid of truth, circulating in the media had maliciously claimed that the minister of Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri asked NNPC to select fuel at N1000.
But in a swift reaction, the federal government, in a statement, signed by Special Adviser to the Minister of State for Petroleum, Nnemaka Okafor, made available to newsmen, rubbished the report, noting that it was concocted and ill-conceived to sow discord and confusion in the oil industry.
According to Nnemaka, there was never a time FG interfered with petroleum pricing with NNPCL, let alone give directives for price increment.
She said, The Federal Government is compelled to address the outright falsehoods currently being circulated on social media, which claim that the Minister for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to inflate petroleum prices above the approved pump price.