According to NMDPRA, fuel usage decreased 16% in June to 1.44 billion litres.

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, known as NMDPRA, reported that petrol consumption, recognized as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), fell to 1.44 billion litres in June 2025, a decline from 1.76 billion litres in May 2025, which marks a 16.42 per cent decrease over the month.

On Wednesday, George Ene-Ita, the Director of Public Affairs at NMDPRA, confirmed this level of consumption, adding that the national average stood at 48 million litres daily.

He noted, “For June, the total fuel evacuation reached exactly 1,440,768,129 litres, which reflects a 16.42 per cent decline compared to May’s total of 1,768,812,804 litres, resulting in a drop of over 290 million litres.”

He further explained that this amount translates to a daily average evacuation of 48,025,604 litres, calculated by dividing the total volume for the month by 30 days.

Additionally, the NMDPRA’s report highlighted a slight rise in diesel supply, which increased by 1.73 per cent to 432.18 million litres from 424.83 million litres recorded in May 2025.

However, the supply of Household Kerosene saw a 13 per cent drop, with June's figures reaching 7.79 million litres, down from nearly nine million litres the previous month.

The most significant decline occurred in automotive gasoline supply, which fell by almost 48 per cent from 72.36 million litres in May to 37.66 million litres in June.

Moreover, distribution decreased by 16.54 per cent in the same timeframe.

The NMDPRA report detailed the volume of fuel distributed to individual states, which summed up to the 1.44 billion litres evacuated in June. It indicated that “Lagos received the highest amount at 205.66 million litres, followed by Ogun at 88.69 million litres, the Federal Capital Territory at 77.51 million litres, and Oyo at 72.81 million litres."

The overall decline in supply and distribution highlights ongoing challenges in the petroleum midstream and downstream sectors, affecting national fuel consumption trends in June.

In response to the recent price cut by Dangote Petroleum Refinery, which lowered petrol prices to N820 per litre from N828 per litre, oil marketers reduced their depot prices to N825 per litre.

The price changes included Bovas decreasing its rate from N850 per litre to N825 per litre, while Sobaz cut its depot price from N858 per litre to N855 per litre.

Furthermore, MRS (Tincan) lowered its depot price to N825 per litre from N849 per litre, and Matrix (Warri) reduced its price to N853 per litre from N855 per litre.