{"id":2846,"date":"2016-01-25T07:57:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2016-01-25T08:14:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T07:14:43","slug":"nigeria-government-scraps-subsidy-on-kerosene-pegs-price-n83-per-litre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=2846","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Government Scraps Subsidy On Kerosene, Pegs Price @ N83 Per Litre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)\u200e has increased the price of Kerosene from N50 to N83. In a statement on Sunday, the PPPRA however said the directive would be implemented only at outlets operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The template also showed that at N83, the Federal Government would be making a gain of N10.72 on every litre. It further puts the expected open market price, which is the landing cost plus total margins at N72.28 per litre. The expected open market price is the prevailing open market rate for the product in Nigeria, after taking certain costs into consideration. Giving a breakdown of the price, the PPPRA template put the landing cost of \u200ethe product at N57.98 per litre, while the total margin due\u200e middlemen was put at N14.30. The retailers\u2019 margin was put at N5 per litre; transporters at N3.05 per litre while dealers at N1.95 per litre. It further put the bridging fund at N5.85 per litre; marine transport average at N0.15 and Administrative\u200e Charges \u2013 N0.15. It stated that the official ex-depot price, which depot owners would sell to marketers, is N68.70 per litre. The official ex-depot price for collection is N73 per litre, while ex-coastal price is N68.02 per litre. \"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)\u200e has increased the price of Kerosene from N50 to N83. In a statement on Sunday, the PPPRA however said the directive would be implemented only at outlets operated by […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t