Fuel consumption dropped 16% to 1.44 billion litres in June 2025: NMDPRA
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has reported a significant decline in fuel consumption for June 2025, with total fuel evacuation falling to 1.44 billion litres.
The director of public affairs, NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita, confirmed in a report on Wednesday that daily fuel consumption had averaged 48 million litres, correcting earlier reports that suggested a lower figure of 38.94 million litres.
Mr Ene-Ita said that the total fuel evacuation for June was precisely 1,440,768,129 litres, representing a 16.42 per cent decrease compared to May’s total supply of 1,768,812,804 litres, a drop of over 290 million litres.
According to him, the figure represents a daily average evacuation of 48,025,604 litres, which is obtained by dividing the total monthly volume by the 30 days in the month under review.
Breaking down the fuel supply figures, the NMDPRA reports stated that in June diesel, saw a slight increase in diesel supply by 1.73 per cent, reaching 432.18 million litres compared to May’s 424.83 million litres.
Despite this, diesel distribution (truck-out) declined by 23.23 per cent, falling from 552.35 million litres in May to 424.06 million litres in June.
It further showed that the household kerosene supply and distribution both recorded a 13 per cent decrease, with June figures at 7.79 million litres, down from nearly nine million litres in May.
The sharpest decline was seen in automotive gasoline supply, which dropped by nearly 48 per cent from 72.36 million litres in May to 37.66 million litres in June.
Distribution also fell by 16.54 per cent within the same period.
The NMDPRA’s report also detailed fuel truck-out volumes to individual states, totalling the 1.44 billion litres evacuated in June.
The report showed that Lagos received the highest volume at 205.66 million litres, followed by Ogun with 88.69 million litres, Abuja with 77.51 million litres, and Oyo with 72.81 million litres.
The decline in overall supply and distribution suggests continued challenges in the petroleum midstream and downstream sectors, impacting national fuel consumption patterns in June.
The NMDPRA, however, pledged to work closely with relevant stakeholders to strengthen distribution and guarantee uninterrupted supply of petroleum products across the country.
(NAN)
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Phone repairer arraigned over alleged theft of customer’s phone
The prosecutor explained that the defendant was given the cell phone to repair but failed to fix the phone or return it to the owner.
States
Two women in court over alleged brutal assault
Mr Ayeni said that the defendants hit the complainant’s lips and left her seriously injured.
States
Police mum over circumstances surrounding death of Ondo DPO
Mr Olushola did not give details of the officer and what led to his death.
States
Police arrest Anambra woman for child trafficking
The suspect was arrested by police operatives attached to Oba Division.
Lagos
Police apprehend suspected cultists over murder
He said that police apprehended the suspects on July 17 at the Ebute-Meta area.
Economy
Germany sees shrinking gap in electric, petrol car costs
As of April 1, Germany had more than 1.7 million electric passenger cars on the road, over five times the number at the start of 2021.
