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Musa Yahaya Mai Kifi, Financial Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), said the suggestion that motorists would soon be unable to buy petrol is \u201cnot true\u201d and has been \u201ctaken out of context.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>IPMAN rejects claim of a petrol sales shutdown<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Mai Kifi dismissed the circulating report that petrol sales in Nigeria would be halted, calling it a false interpretation of what was said.<\/li>\n<li>He argued that Nigeria has moved beyond a system in which the government sets petrol prices, saying the present framework allows marketers to source and distribute fuel under more open market conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Mai Kifi said the current structure gives marketers the ability to buy petrol from anywhere in the world, bring it into Nigeria for sale, or export it to other countries, pointing to Dangote Refinery\u2019s exports of refined products\u2014including shipments to the United States\u2014as an example of how the system is operating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On the question of Nigerian crude oil supply to Dangote Refinery, Mai Kifi outlined what he described as a more disciplined pricing approach to reduce volatility across the supply chain. 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