By Hassan Osman Kargbo
A local Civil Society Organization, Native Consortium, has issued a press release sharply criticizing the National Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NPRA) for failing to act decisively to ease the burden of high fuel prices on the people of Sierra Leone. The organization highlights recent market developments as evidence that the government regulatory body’s inaction is unjustifiable and calls for immediate reductions in official fuel prices.
According to the press release from Native Consortium, LeoneCo, a leading fuel marketer in Sierra Leone, has voluntarily reduced its pump prices for diesel and petrol, dropping diesel to Le23 per liter and petrol to Le25 per liter as of Sunday, June 8, 2025. This reduction, however, contrasts sharply with the official government pump price, which remains at Le27.3 per liter. Native Consortium insists this discrepancy demonstrates the NPRA’s failure to properly regulate fuel prices to the benefit of the Sierra Leonean public.
The Consortium underscores that it has provided sufficient evidence for the government to lower the official pump price to even Le22 per liter, questioning what the regulatory agency is waiting for before taking necessary action. Native Consortium frames LeoneCo’s price cut as a vindication of their persistent advocacy and as a “big win” for ordinary Sierra Leoneans.
