Dangote Refinery Suspends Petrol Sales In Naira, Gives Reason

In what is described a move to unsettled marketers and raised fresh concerns about fuel pricing and foreign exchange pressure, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery on Friday evening announced the suspension of petrol sales in naira.
This announcement was contained in an email sent by the refinery to its customers at exactly 6:42 pm on Friday.
In the email, the refinery disclosed that the decision would take effect from Sunday, September 28, 2025, citing the exhaustion of its crude-for-naira allocation as the reason.
The notice, signed by the Group Commercial Operations of Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, was titled “Suspension of DPRP PMS Naira Sales – Effective 28th September 2025”.
The company also asked customers with ongoing naira-based transactions to formally request refunds.
The announcement comes at a time the refinery is embroiled in a bitter dispute with labour unions over the alleged mass sack of more than 800 Nigerian workers, a development that has triggered outrage and calls for government intervention.