Major Nigerian petroleum marketers, including Conoil PLC and Eterna PLC, have teamed up with Dangote Petroleum Refinery to implement a logistics-free fuel distribution scheme.

The Dangote Group confirmed the partnership in a social media announcement on Monday.

The initiative, which also features companies such as Golden Super, Nepal Energies, Kifayat Global Energy, and Riquest and Gas, is designed to reduce logistics costs for fuel stations and help lower pump prices for consumers across the country.

Under the scheme, refined petrol from Dangote’s 650,000-barrel-per-day Lekki refinery will be transported to participating stations and bulk buyers at no cost, ensuring a seamless supply chain.

“Join leading marketers like Conoil PLC, Eterna PLC, Golden Super, Nepal Energies, Kifayat Global Energy, and Riquest and Gas to enjoy the benefits of free delivery and offer Nigerians lower pump prices,” the company declared.

The programme is set to launch in 11 states—Lagos, Ekiti, Abuja, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kwara, Delta, Rivers, and Edo—with plans to expand to additional locations in the near future.

Filling station owners are urged to register early to secure participation, benefiting from a supply chain model that removes delivery fees and helps reduce retail fuel prices.

The Dangote Refinery has deployed over 1,000 compressed natural gas (CNG)–powered trucks for the free fuel delivery scheme, drawing responses from tanker drivers, depot owners, and oil suppliers.

Reports indicate that bulk fuel consumers and filling stations are bypassing their middlemen suppliers in favour of Dangote’s free delivery service.

The President of the National Association of Road Transport Owners, Yusuf Othman, condemned the scheme, noting that buyers are abandoning contracts with his members to take advantage of Dangote’s free delivery to filling stations, telecom companies, and other bulk users.

Othman stressed that his members operate up to 30,000 trucks and cannot distribute fuel without charging for their services.

“We have our members who have signed agreements with so many companies.

“Some are even informal agreements, but we have formal agreements signed, and by that, we used those formal agreements to collect bank facilities to buy trucks and serve those companies. But now, those agreements are at stake because a big brother is coming to supply directly to them, not minding the fact that they have signed agreements with us.

“Though they have not officially informed us, and it’s not officially confirmed, the information available to us showed that this is ongoing, and as such, our trucks will not be used again. That is one of the reasons why so many of our members are complaining. If I sign an agreement with you for service by virtue of my 10 trucks, and somebody somewhere comes to do the same thing for you for free, it’s a very delicate situation.

“So, that is one of the reasons why we are calling on the Federal Government, especially the NMDPRA, which has told all of us clearly that this act is an illegal act by virtue of Section 212 of the PIA,” he said.