Nigeria’s petrol use fell sharply in June 2025, with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority saying consumption dropped to 1.44 billion litres from 1.76 billion litres in May.
This is a 16.42 per cent decline, amounting to more than 290 million litres less fuel used in one month.
The Director of Public Affairs at NMDPRA, George Ene-Ita, confirmed the figures on Wednesday. He said the country’s daily average use stood at 48 million litres in June.
“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,” Ene-Ita said.
According to him, the daily average of 48,025,604 litres was calculated by dividing the total volume by 30 days.
NMDPRA’s report showed diesel supply rose slightly by 1.73 per cent to 432.18 million litres in June, up from 424.83 million litres in May. Household kerosene recorded a 13 per cent drop, with 7.79 million litres supplied in June compared to nearly nine million litres in May.
Automotive gasoline supply saw the steepest fall, down almost 48 per cent from 72.36 million litres in May to 37.66 million litres in June. Overall distribution fell 16.54 per cent in the same period.
The report also showed Lagos received the highest petrol supply in June at 205.66 million litres, followed by Ogun with 88.69 million litres, the Federal Capital Territory with 77.51 million litres, and Oyo with 72.81 million litres.
Meanwhile, oil marketers have reduced depot prices after Dangote Petroleum Refinery cut its petrol price to N820 per litre from N828 per litre.
Bovas lowered its depot price to N825 per litre from N850, Sobaz reduced to N855 from N858, MRS (Tincan) dropped to N825 from N849, and Matrix (Warri) cut its price to N853 from N855.
