Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has said Nigerians are paying less for petrol than consumers in the United Kingdom, arguing that the country is “doing very well” under President Bola Tinubu.
Okpebholo made the remarks in a video circulating on social media, where he compared petrol prices in Nigeria with those in the UK.
According to the governor, he recently visited London and decided to check the price of petrol after concerns over the cost of fuel in Nigeria.
“Nigeria is in a safe hand. When we complained about the cost of petrol, I was in London last week,” Okpebholo said.
“I told my friends, let’s go and buy fuel just to know the cost of fuel between Nigeria and England. Let me tell you. After conversion, it’s about N3,000 something to one litre of fuel. We are doing very well here.”
The average petrol price in the UK was about £1.74 per litre as of September 24. Converted at the prevailing exchange rate, the price is more than N3,000 per litre.
In Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited’s latest pump-price list puts petrol at N1,385 per litre in Lagos and N1,430 in Abuja, although prices differ across locations.
Okpebholo also expressed support for Tinubu’s economic policies, describing the president as an economist working to stabilise the Nigerian economy.
“Our president is not a supermarket man,” he said.
“The supermarket people, let them wait. When it’s time for a supermarket to rule Nigeria and technocrats are not here again, then, they will come.”
The governor’s comments come amid ongoing debate over petrol prices and the wider impact of the federal government’s economic reforms on households and businesses.
