The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria said the price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as fuel would continue to increase as long as the US Dollar rose in the foreign exchange market.

Chinedu Okoronkwo, the National President of IPMAN, in a chat with newsmen, he disclosed that fuel price will keep soaring if the dollar keeps rising in the forex market.

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According to him, “Nigerians should understand that with fuel subsidy removal, the government is no longer determining pump prices but the market forces.

The product is bought in dollars. The dollar is around 890/$1 now. As the dollar climbs, fuel pump prices will continue to go up. As a solution, he urged the government to double up efforts to make Compressed Natural Gas available for Nigerians.