A recent report has shown that Nigeria imported fuel worth $2.25 billion from Malta over a period of nine years.
The facts are emerging days after Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person and President of Dangote Industries, alleged that some officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd own blending plants in Malta.
According to information on Trade Map, Nigeria imported petroleum oils obtained from bituminous minerals worth $2.8 billion in 2023, showing an increase of 342 per cent from $47.5 million in 2013.
The data further gave the fuel import figures for other years as $59.98 million in 2014; $117.01 million in 2015 and $13.32 million in 2016.
It also pointed out that between 2017 to 2022, there was no fuel importation into Nigeria from Malta before the quantum leap in 2023 which brought the fuel import figure to $2.08 billion.
