The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that there is no comprehensive data on the quantum of refined fuel consumed daily by Nigerians despite various figures being bandied about by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), The Sun reports.

According to the bureau, despite being a net importer of refined petroleum products, including petrol, no Nigerian government agency has the authentic data on the daily petrol consumption in the country. This was even as the NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, said recently “the NNPC has no confirmed data or statistics on fuel consumption in the country. The corporation relies on figures provided by PPPRA (Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency).”

The Statistician General of the Federation, Yemi Kale, who spoke to an online medium in Abuja recently, through his Technical Assistant, Esiri Ojo, stated that all data currently in circulation in the media and some government agencies regarding the national gasoline consumption in the country were either outdated or guesstimates, stressing that the estimated data cannot be relied upon for planning or policy decisions.

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