The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria on Thursday said the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel would continue to increase as long as the US Dollar rose in the foreign exchange market.
Chinedu Okoronkwo, the National President of IPMAN, who made the disclosure while speaking to DAILY POST over speculation of further fuel pump hikes, noted that fuel price will keep soaring if the dollar keeps rising in the forex market.
“Nigerians should understand that with fuel subsidy removal, the government is no longer determining pump prices but the market forces. The product is bought in dollars. The dollar is around 890/$1 now. As the dollar climbs, fuel pump prices will continue to go up, he told the publication.
As a solution, he urged the government to double up efforts to make Compressed Natural Gas available for Nigerians.
“Government should make conscious efforts towards making CNG available for Nigerians”, he stated.
Naira dropped further to the dollar, exchanged at N782.38/$1 on Wednesday at the official market. But, at the parallel market dollar on Thursday the naira exchanged at 905/$1.
The pump price of the product is expected to exceed N617/per litre.
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