{
  "id": 9117588,
  "title": "Fuel price: Build your refinery – PETROAN to Nigerian workers demanding N500/litre petrol",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/fuel-price-build-your-refinery-petroan-to-nigerian-workers-demanding",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T09:26:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/22/fuel-price-build-your-refinery-petroan-to-nigerian-workers-demanding-n500-litre-petrol/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, has dismissed the request by civil servants to lower petrol prices to N500 per litre. National President Billy Gillis-Harry told DAILY POST that such a demand is unrealistic, given the current state of the downstream petroleum market. He warned that resurrecting fuel subsidies, which once brought Nigeria's economy to its knees, should be avoided at all costs. Gillis-Harry urged the advocates of N500 per litre fuel to construct their own refineries and filling stations to accommodate the desired price point. The conversation comes as the Federal Government engages with oil and gas industry players on the issue of fuel pricing. Earlier this week, Dangote Refinery decreased its petrol price by N25 to N1,325 per litre in response to a decline in crude oil costs.",
  "summary": "The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, has reacted to the demand by civil servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reduce the price of petrol to N500 per litre. In an interview with DAILY POST on Monday, the National President of PETROAN, Billy Gillis-Harry, […] Fuel price: Build your refinery –…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Fuel price pain deepens as projected October petrol and diesel hikes grow",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/fuel-price-pain-deepens-as-projected-october-petrol-and-diesel-hikes",
        "published": "2026-09-22T09:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}