As Nigerians are reeling from the latest fuel price increase, human rights lawyer Femi Falana has joined the chorus of dissent, stating unequivocally that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has no legal right to fix petrol prices.
“The decisions of the NNPCL to fix the prices of imported fuel and locally refined fuel are illegal, nullity and void as they contravene the provisions of section 205 of the Petroleum Industry Act,” Falana said in a statement, on Thursday.
This assertion comes on the heels of the NNPCL’s announcement of new pump prices for fuel refined by the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company.
