Based on a document obtained by Daily Trust, oil marketers collected a total of $3.075 billion from government to import fuel at the rate of N305 to a dollar between June 29, 2016 and August 21, 2017.
The document showed that the actual amount the marketers requested was $3.292bn, but they ended up getting a little less than that.
Similarly, the document indicated that the marketers also received the sum of $150.753 million and $51.49m respectively within the same period to import Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK).
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Five major oil companies received the $51.49m for the ATK, the document showed.
While the requested amount for AGO was $221.523m, that of ATK was $62.538m.
The grand total amount collected for PMS, AGO and ATK by marketers as foreign exchange within the period was $3.278 billion.
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