Lokpobiri Defends Petrol Costs Against Foreign Benchmarks
Nigeria still sells petrol cheaper than the United States, Ghana, and South Africa despite the pain that deregulation inflicts on domestic households, according to Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri. Speaking on television on Tuesday night, Mr Lokpobiri placed the average domestic retail pump price at 1,430 naira per litre, contrasting that level…
