The
Federal Government, weekend, hiked the price of Household Kerosene
(HHK) also known as kerosene, to N83 per litre from N50 per litre,
thereby, officially ending subsidy on the product.
The
Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, in its product
pricing template released over the weekend, however, stated that the N83
per litre price applies only to the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC), meaning that other petrol stations and dealers can
sell higher than the stipulated amount.
Curiously, the hike in
the price of kerosene was coming at a time when the price of crude oil
had
dropped to record low, with the price of petroleum products, such as
kerosene, fuel and diesel, among others, dropping significantly in a
number of countries, like the United States.
This also brings to
question, the recent reduction in the price of Premium Motor Spirit,
announced by the Federal Government and which commenced at the beginning
of the year.
Again, the PPPRA's template also showed that at N83
per litre, the Federal Government is making a gain of N10.72 for every
litre, as it puts the Expected Open Market Price, which is the Landing
Cost plus Total Margins at N72.28 per litre. The expected open market
price is the prevailing open market rate for the productin Nigeria,
after taking certain costs into consideration.
Giving a breakdown
of the price, the PPPRA template put the Landing Cost of the product
at N57.98 per litre, while the total margin due middlemen was put at
N14.30.
Further breakdown of the Total Margins showed that
retailers margin was put at N5per litre; Transporters - N3.05 per litre;
Dealers - N1.95 per litre; Bridging fund - N5.85 per litre; Marine
Transport Average - N0.15 and Admin Charges - N0.15.
The PPPRA
further put official ex-depot price, which is the price depot owners
would sell at marketers, at N68.70 per litre, official ex-depot price
for collection - N73 per litre, while ex-coastal price - N68.02 per
litre.
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