President Bola Tinubu is meeting with members of the crude oil and refined products sales in the local currency implementation committee.
The committee was led by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, to the State House, Abuja for the meeting.
Those attending the meeting include the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mr Mele Kyari; the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji; and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Yemi Cardoso.
Also in attendance were the Authority’s Chief Executive, ,ACE of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Mallam Farouk Ahmed; the Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr Gbenga Komolafe; as well as the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
The committee is scheduled to brief President Tinubu on the progress of the arrangement, which was improvised by the Tinubu administration to relieve foreign exchange pressure on the economy.
Recall that President Tinubu directed the NNPCL to commence sales of crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refiners on July 29 this year.
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