Nigeria -based Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Africa’s largest petroleum refinery, has filed a fresh lawsuit against the Nigerian government and the country’s downstream regulator in a renewed effort to challenge fuel import licences issued to petroleum marketers and the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company.
The refinery alleges that these licences violate a prior court order and undermine its operations, arguing that domestic refining capacity now exists.
Despite expectations that Dangote Petroleum Refinery would reduce Nigeria’s reliance on fuel imports, the country continues to import fuel due to the refinery’s gradual production ramp-up.
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