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Nigeria's NNPC says it will end monopoly on petrol supplies -local TV

FILE PHOTO: Trucks carry fresh supply of petrol along the Herbert Macaulay street in Abuja, Nigeria February 16, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

Nigeria's state owned oil company NNPC will soon end its monopoly on petrol supplies, its chief executive told local television on Thursday, a day after it nearly tripled prices at its fuel stations countrywide.

Newly inaugurated President Bola Tinubu pledged to remove fuel subsidies, a popular but costly benefit that has drained billions annually from government coffers.

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