It also noted that interested marketers would have to buy the product from the national oil firm through its trading company.
This was part of the agreement reached with the management of Dangote Refinery on the commercial terms for the supply of crude oil to the refinery and the off-taking and distribution of petrol and diesel from the facility.
The Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja.
The latest development, however, contradicts NNPC’s claim in a statement early this month that it does not intend to be the sole distributor of petrol produced by the Dangote refinery.
The directive also implies that the government can still control the pricing of the product as it would be based on the agreement between the government and the refinery.
The minister, represented by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacceus Adedeji, also announced that Dangote refinery will commence the distribution of petrol to marketers on Sunday with an initial 25 million litres per day.
The minister also said all associated regulatory costs pertaining to the Nigeria Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency and others would also be paid for in naira.