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Chairman of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has stressed that his company, Dangote Petroleum\u2019s ability to sell diesel at significantly discounted prices will provide immediate relief to Nigeria\u2019s inflation woes.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking with newsmen on Wednesday after visiting President Bola Tinubu in Lagos, Dangote expressed optimism about the economy noting that the naira exchange rate has improved significantly in recent times, dropping from around N1,900 to the dollar to the current level of N1,250-N1,300.<\/div>\n
\nAccording to him, this is already having a positive impact, with the price of locally-produced goods like flour starting to come down as businesses pay less for diesel.<\/div>\n
\nAfrica\u2019s richest man revealed that his refinery has been selling diesel at 1,200 naira per litre, compared to the previous market price of N1,650-N1,700 adding that he is expecting dramatic reduction in fuel costs to help drive down inflation in the coming months.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201d There\u2019s quite a lot of improvement because if you look at it here, one of the major issues that we\u2019ve had was the narrow devaluation that has gone very aggressively up to about 1,900. But right now we\u2019re back to almost 1,250, 1,300, which is a good improvement.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cAnd you can see quite a lot of things have actually gone. Even people now when you go to the market, for example, something that we produce locally like flour or whatever, people will charge you more.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWhy? Because they\u2019re paying very high prices on diesel. And what we did, for example, in our refinery, we started selling even diesel at about 1,200 for 1,650. And I\u2019m sure, you know, as we go along, things will continue to improve quite a lot.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWell, even now it\u2019s a lot of impact. If you look at it now, when you are buying 1,650, 1,700 for a liter of diesel, and that one has been cut off by almost one third to now be paying diesel at 1,200.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cAnd maybe eventually going forward, even though the crude prices are going up, even with that, I believe people will not get it much higher than what it is today.<\/div>\n
\n\u201c1,200, it might be even a little bit lower. But that can help quite a lot. Because if you are transporting locally produced goods, rice and other stuff, you are paying 1,650. Now you are paying two thirds of that amount, 1,200. It\u2019s a lot. It\u2019s a lot of difference. People don\u2019t know.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThat can actually help to bring inflation down immediately. And I\u2019m sure when the inflation figures are out for the next month, you see that there\u2019s quite a lot of improvement in the inflation rate.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cSo one step at a time. And I\u2019m sure the government is working around the clock to make sure that things get much better.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cBecause it\u2019s in their own interest. It\u2019s in the interest of everybody, It\u2019s in our own interest, and I just want to thank everybody for the Nigerians to get things better.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nDangote urged captains of industry to partner the government to improve the lives of Nigerian citizens.<\/div>\n
\nHis words: \u201cYou can\u2019t clap with one hand. So both the entrepreneurs and the government,\u00a0 need to clap together and make sure that it is in the best interest of everybody.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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