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MOMAN Debunks Rumor of Aviation Fuel Selling at N700 per Litre

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May 9, 2022
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MOMAN Debunks Rumor of Aviation Fuel Selling at N700 per Litre
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The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has discredited claims that Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), also known as aviation fuel, was being sold at N700 per litre in some parts of the country. Following the threatened strike by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) to shut down today claiming that the cost of aviation fuel had risen to about N700 per litre from N190 per litre

This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of MOMAN, Mr. Clement Isong in an interview with the media agency on Monday.

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The strike was, however, called off after appeals by the Federal Government and other stakeholders in the aviation sector.

Isong mentioned that, “I am not aware that aviation fuel is sold currently anywhere at N700 per litre. There has been an intervention by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., which is now bringing in ATK.

He went further to mention that “NNPC is the only authority licensed to bring in the product because it is swapping it with crude and when it swaps it with crude it uses the Central Bank of Nigeria exchange rate of N419 to a dollar, getting into tank at an overall cost of about N500 per litre.”

He added that “If we use Ikeja (Murtala Mohammed Airport, local as a benchmark, it is sold thereby marketers between N540 and N550 per litre.”

“Meanwhile the product is deregulated. So, no normal person can go and get it at that exchange rate. You cannot use N589 (black market rate) to a dollar to bring in the product and sell at N550 per litre.”

According to him, the intervention by the NNPC has discouraged marketers from importing aviation fuel because it will be a bad business decision.

He mentioned further that the ATK was sold at the tarmac between N540 and N550 per litre in Lagos and by the time you carry it all over the country including transportation cost, it will be sold at about N570 or N580 at the farthest airport from Lagos. Thus, nowhere aviation fuel is sold at N700 per litre.

He said inquiries made by MOMAN also showed that aviation fuel was cheaper in Nigeria compared to other West African countries.

He compared Nigeria with other African countries as he mentioned, “In Ghana, aviation fuel is sold at Platt, North-Western Europe, plus a premium or minus at 1.25 dollars per litre.

“In Liberia and Sierra Leone, it is selling at 5.70 dollars per gallon, which translates to 1.51 dollars per litre. So, those are your West African prices.

“Now, if you want to translate that to Naira, if you are using the NNPC price which is N540, that is cheaper and even if you use the N700 they are claiming, it is still cheaper.

“We are not selling it at N700 per litre because of the NNPC intervention. It is actually about 90 cents per litre with the NNPC price.”

However, Isong empathized with the airlines, as he mentioned that the Federal Government and ordinary Nigerians are struggling with the consequences of the increment in the price of crude oil on the international market.

He blamed the hike in the price of crude oil and its derivatives such as aviation fuel, petrol, diesel, and kerosene on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

“The airlines know what they want, which is just to increase their airfares. It is not only aviation fuel that has gone up, even though it is a contributory factor.

“Cost of operation has gone up; there is inflation and anybody doing business will tell you that they are struggling. All businesses are struggling including the airlines.

“So, maybe they are looking for a bailout from the Federal Government because everybody needs some kind of bailout at the moment,” he said.

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