NMDPRA suspends issuance of petrol import licences, says local production meets domestic demand
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) suspended the issuance of new import licences in February.
The NMDPRA announced the development in its February 2026 ‘State of the Midstream and Downstream Fact Sheet’.
According to the data, no import licences were issued in February while Dangote refinery supplied an average of 36.5 million litres of petrol daily to the domestic market.