Nigeria recovers N86.2bn stolen oil in one month
EMERGENCY DIGEST- Different government security outfits operating across the country have recovered stolen oil worth N86.2bn in August.
A total of 16, 000 litres of diesel valued at N800/litre (N12.8m) were on Monday reported to have been recovered by members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Cross River.
Speaking with the media, Rivers State NSCDC Commandant, Samuel Fadeyi, said the stolen products, which were mainly Automotive Gas Oil also known as diesel, were recovered within the last two weeks.
Also, last Wednesday, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Seme Area Command, said it intercepted 3,998 jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in 30 litres each, equivalent to 119,940 litres.
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The products, according to the Customs Area Controller, Bello Mohammed Jibo, were about four tanker loads of 33,000 litres each.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, recently approved a price of N191 per litre of PMS ( highest range). An estimation of how much Nigeria would have lost had the 119, 940 litres made it to the Republic of Benin would have been N161m.
The seized petroleum product had a Duty Paid Value of N28.9 million.
Unlike in Nigeria where the Federal Government subsidises petrol, one litre of petrol is currently being sold in the Republic of Benin at N396. If the 119, 940 litres of petrol had arrived safely in the neigbouring country, it would have been sold for at least N47m.
The Federal Government spent the sum of N9.84 trn on petrol subsidy between 2006 and 2018 alone. And as at this year, a fresh N4trn had been incurred.
