By our reporter 15.9.2025
Dangote refinery said it is prepared to be in a healthy competition with Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria.
Dangote Group president Aliko Dangote who was speaking at the unveiling of its 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) trucks in Lagos, denied ever trying to establish a monopoly of the product distribution. Petrol marketers had accused Dangote of monopolistic practices in the petroleum downstream sector.
Dangote said, “We are not here to take anyone out of the market. The trucks we are deploying have already created 24,000 jobs, with salaries four times the minimum wage.
“This latest narrative around unionisation is merely a cheap ploy, an act of desperation by a group resisting reform. The reality is clear: DAPPMAN should adapt to the new energy landscape or mobilise capital, build a refinery and compete.
He revealed that the company had purchased 10,000 trucks, including CNG and dry cargo carriers, stressing that the fleet would modernise Nigeria’s transport sector.
“Every day, trucks will be arriving. By the end of November, we will have 10,250 CNG trucks in operation,” he assured.
Dangote CNG trucks loading fuel in Lagos