The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has stated that Nigerians consumed 1,533,000,000 (billion) of Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS) in the month of April.
A spreadsheet released by the regulator on Tuesday said the figure showed an average of 51.1 million litres of the product was consumed daily.
It added that a total of 1,332,000,000 (billion) litres of PMS was supplied into the market during the month with Dangote Refinery supplying 1,221,000,000 (billion) litres of the product while independent marketers imported 111,000,000 (million) litres of the product.
The report said this represented an average of 40.7m litres daily by Dangote and 3.7m litres daily by importers.
It added that Dangote Refinery produced 53.6m litres of PMS daily but supplied 40.7m litres to the domestic markets and exported 17.1m litres daily.