NMDPRA to issue import permits to bridge LPG supply gap – Umar

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says it will issue and closely monitor import permits to bridge 165,000-metric-tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) supply gap in the third quarter of 2026.
The Authority Chief Executive, Rabiu Umar, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during an emergency stakeholders’ meeting on rising LPG prices convened by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo.
Umar described imports as the immediate solution to the LPG supply shortfall, saying the measure forms part of the authority’s immediate and medium-term strategies to boost the supply of cooking gas and stabilise prices nationwide.
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