Damilola Aina and Dare Olawin


Nigerians on Wednesday praised the quality of refined petroleum products sourced from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and sold at MRS Oil Plc filling stations across the country.

They particularly praised the impressive burn rate of its fuel, which lasts longer compared to other products imported into the country and sold by other firms.

Before now, complaints from drivers have centred around the inability of a full tank to last for a week of commuting to and from the office, with discussions varying based on the car’s age. Some argue that N10,000 worth of fuel only covers the journey from home to the office.

Motorists, who expressed satisfaction with receiving value for their money, also criticized the NNPCL for deceiving Nigerians and importing substandard fuel into the country.

Two weeks ago, the Dangote refinery announced its partnership with MRS Petrol station to sell petrol from its retail outlets nationwide at N935 per litre. It said the partnership is to ensure that this price reduction gets to the end consumers.

The development, which sparked a pricing war in the downstream sector, forced the national oil firm to reduce its petrol price to N899 per litre.

Taking to the microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), @Uncle Dips who initiated the conversation on the issue mentioned that his car, a Ford, has used only a quarter of its fuel despite driving 110 kilometres.

He said, “The last fuel I bought from MRS has done almost 100km already and the tank is still three-quarter full. For a Ford that is normally a guzzler, this is a big deal. I’m happy and sad at the same time!”

Anike of Lagos who writes @Oluwakemistrie confirmed the fuel efficiency, saying “Bought 26 litres at MRS and it has served more than 42 litres we bought from NNPC. MRS way moving forward. Thank you, Twitter.”

Hassan Musa Abbah who tweets as @sinotwist, said, “It’s true, I have noticed a sharp decline in my car fuel consumption when I buy from there and a sharp increase when I buy from NNPC. They have been cheating us for a long time.”

Also, Williams Amobi wrote, “Dangote actually has the best fuel in the country. Not that stuff NNPC is selling. This one is better refined and is good for your engine and lasts longer than the golden brown-urine coloured stuff they sell to us.”

Taofeek T. Gawat @tfk_gawat retweeted saying, “MRS is priority. NNPC is an alternative.”

Another user @Rilwannajib promised to confirm the assertion and dump fuel from the national oil firm if true. He wrote, “I’ll try this Dangote fuel everyone is giving a good review about and once it’s true, NNPC & anyone it supplies won’t see a kobo of my money again.”

An X user, C J Mordi @jeromemordi also tweeted, “I’ve decided, going forward, to buy fuel from only stations that stock Dangote fuel. So far, I buy from MRS and there’s a clear difference in price, quality and pump accuracy. I will no longer be patronising fuel importers. #BuyNigerian.”

Reacting, an oil and gas expert, Kelvin Emmanuel said the new finding only proves that quality matters.

He said, “Nigerians are now realizing that my crusade since last year on quality specifications is not for nothing.”

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This is what we have been subsiding for many years. What a waste 1 Like 1 Share

Nigerian Government, the biggest 419. 1 Like 1 Share

Dangote the man that exposed subsidy as a Government backed scam

Buhari the man that pumped money to fix our Government owned Refineries and removed subsidy before leaving office

Tinubu, the dullard who burnt Nigeria trying to take glory for subsidy removal
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The first tweep said he's happy and sad at the same time, I want to know why though...

Aside from my rickety bicycle and trusted pair of legs which haven't failed me in a long time while covering long and short distance, I can't relate to the burn rate maybe immortalcrown have something to say on that. 1 Like 1 Share

APC PROPAGANDA AS USUAL, but we will never forget that TINUBU IS A FAILURE 1 Like 1 Share

I knew this people have been importing sub standard petrol to this country 1 Like 1 Share

why won't starboy from Lagos State succeed.very soon fuel will be sold for #50 as promised 1 Like 1 Share

Imagine 26 litres of Dangote serving as 42 litres of NNPC. 1 Like 1 Share