Dangote Refinery Petrol Price Fight: Quality vs How Much
Image show petrol pump dey pour fuel for car, pump dey hold ground as fuel dey flow well wey dey symbolize di fight between high petrol price and quality.
Na big fight dey happen for Nigerian fuel industry as Dangote Refinery carry di matter for petrol pricing put for road. Dem announce say petrol for truck dey cost N990 per litre, and N960 for ship – dis kain thing dey cause wahala as people dey talk am loud for every corner. Na true gist say, Dangote Refinery price don high, but dem say na quality dem dey offer, so make you no allow yourself fall for fake tori. Dis news na News in Nigerian Pidgin.
Di refinery talk say wetin make di price dey high like dis, na because dem dey benchmark against international market rate. To break am down small, e mean say dem no fit just carry any kobo price put for road; na di same level way other obodo oyinbo country dey take sell petrol, Dangote say dem wan follow. But dat kind price dey hot like pepper for our pocket. So why Dangote dey charge us pass wetin we fit buy am outside Nigeria?
Petrol association wey include IPMAN and PETROAN don para well-well. Dem say dem fit import di petrol cheaper pass wetin Dangote dey offer. Imagine say person go just import fuel, come sell am at lesser rate, e go help pipo wey wan buy fuel small-sense. But Dangote people no gree at all; dem talk say di kain petrol dem fit sell cheap no go meet Dangote own standard, and if you go fit remember, dis kind low-quality petrol dey spoil engine, pollute air, and cause wahala for your health. Dem talk say di petrol wey dem dey bring in dey certified well-well and e fit protect your motor engine like better mechanic.
Di refinery people no wan hear say dem dey overcharge, because dem claim say di petrol wey dem dey sell, na high-grade fuel wey fit pass inspection. Dis kain price na one wey dem believe go maintain trust and transparency between refinery and di Nigerian public. Dem no wan make people dey buy substandard product because of short money; as per di refinery dey yan am, na better petrol for di betterment of Nigerians.
Gbagan! Di main koko now na di Nigerian reaction. Some Nigerians dey gree say Dangote’s quality petrol matter dey important pass how much dem dey pay; dem tok say if di petrol dey correct, e go last pass, and e no go spoil engine like water mixed with kerosene. E get pipo wey say, e better pay high for quality sake, make you no go waka mechanic every two market days. Na so Dangote dey use di ‘quality guarantee’ yan dey hold ground say, “we dey for una back, na why we no dey sell fake.”
But na everybody get di kain money? On top dat side, di IPMAN and PETROAN people dey shout say petrol price no suppose high like say na gold dem dey sell; pipo dey yan say Dangote dey make cost of living high. See as food price dey go up every day; transport don cost like say person wan buy new car just to enter bus! For many pipo mind, na cheap petrol dem want, even if e mean say di quality no go top-notch. For dem, na di immediate relief of low fuel cost wey matter, no be high-class quality wey go break wallet.
Omo, industry experts no fit close mouth for dis one too. Some experts dey yan say Dangote dey do beta work as dem set price for petrol on top international standard. Di experts tok say if petrol price dey steady and e no dey fluctuate anyhow, e go help bring sense into di market, pipo no go dey jump price anyhow. But di expert dem still sabi say some other Nigerians go just gree pay anything as long as e mean say dem no go face mechanic headache for engine spoilage.
But wetin you fit talk for di expert wey say Nigeria case different from abroad? Dis experts dey argue say country wey get high poverty rate and unemployment no suppose dey run with di same international petrol price wey Dangote dey bring. Dem feel say make government do small subsidy for fuel or even cap di price, so dat even dat mama wey dey sell roasted corn for roadside go fit fill her generator. Dem say no be every Nigerian go sabi afford high-quality fuel at Dangote price, e get pipo wey no even care about “quality standard,” all na di same fuel smell for dia nose.
Government sef dey monitor di whole gbege wey dey unfold. Officials for di government dey yan say dem dey listen to all di complaints wey dey fly up and down. Dem dey look into di matter make e no go cause more hardship for pipo. Meanwhile, Dangote dey stick to di high-quality, high-price stand gidigba, and di petrol marketers dey push for low-cost import so pipo fit buy fuel without sweating pass dem pocket.
Di wahala no end, as di government dey tok say dem go announce di best solution wey go favor Nigerians. But while government dey look for solution, fuel scarcity sef dey shine eye for corner if marketers no go Dangote way. Right now, di fuel pricing matter don turn to di kind news wey you no fit miss because e affect everybody one way or di other.
Hmmm, di whole matter na about quality versus affordability, with Dangote holding di “we dey provide high standard” side, while di importers dey shout, “we fit do am cheaper for you!” Na big debate wey never end, and na di Nigerian pipo go finally decide if Dangote high price but high quality worth am, or if dem go jump enter di import pipo hand for cheaper fuel.
