Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is arguably the most in-demand commodity in Nigeria and The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that the sale of petroleum products generated N2.35tn from May 2020 to May 2021.
According to a statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Garba-Deen Muhammad.
“NNPC records crude oil, gas sales of $219.75m in May …posts N295.72bn from sale of petroleum products”
It read in part, “Total revenues generated from the sale of petroleum products for the period of May 2020 to May 2021 stood at N2.345tn where Premium Motor Spirit contributed about 99.61 per cent of the total sales with a value of N2.336tn.
“In terms of volume, the figure translates to a total of 2.241 billion litres of white products sold and distributed by PPMC in the month of May 2021 compared with 1.673billion litres in the month of April 2021.”
Total sales of petroleum products for the period May 2020 to May 2021 stood at 18.65 billion litres and PMS accounted for 99.69 per cent of total volume.
