Dangote Petroleum Refinery has announced plans to reinstate its suspended ₦5-per-litre fuel discount scheme for strategic partners, following a temporary halt caused by reported violations by some participating marketers.

It was earlier reported that the refinery uncovered a new scheme involving some affiliate marketers and strategic partners allegedly diverting subsidised refined petroleum products for profit. This discovery led to the suspension of Dangote’s discounted fuel supply scheme.

The ₦5-per-litre rebate, introduced to help registered affiliate marketers maintain stable profit margins amid stiff competition from fuel importers—while also ensuring nationwide availability of the refinery’s products.

This enabled the marketers to exploit the price differential for quick profit without bearing the legitimate costs of logistics, retail station operations, or regulatory compliance.

The refinery stated that the diverted products were frequently sold at market rates significantly higher than the agreed subsidised prices, thereby undermining the scheme’s core objectives and distorting the downstream market.

Frustrated by the development, the refinery ordered the suspension of its discount scheme for customers effective July 13, 2025.

The letter titled, “Suspension of the Strategic Partner Discounted Price”, read, “In our drive to ensure the distribution and retail sale of DPRP refined petroleum products across your service stations nationwide, DPRP commenced the strategic partnership scheme with the sole aim of ensuring consumers nationwide have access to affordable and clean petroleum products.

“Unfortunately, over the last few months, DPRP has been receiving unprecedented complaints of Strategic Partners (Partners) selling their ATCs at the refinery (Tarmac) below the prevailing PMS gantry product price.

“Whilst we have engaged partners severally on this, it has become evident that this has become an area of grave concern to DPRP as it affects the sustainability of our gantry operations.

“To this end, DPRP Management is suspending the discounted price offered to partners effective 13th July 2025 and working towards restructuring the scheme.”

However, in a fresh update, a senior official of the refinery, who requested anonymity, said the scheme would be reintroduced very soon.

The official noted that the refinery is working to ensure that the new scheme will be in a more transparent and structured format.

“The partnership is still on. It’s just the N5 discount we suspended for now but we are coming up with another one soon,” the official said.