To resolve the persistent fuel scarcity, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) urges the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to grant its members direct access to the depot, promising to restore adequate fuel supply within three to four days.
News About Nigeria reports that Shino Amoo, chairman of IPMAN, at Apapa Depot, said this on ‘Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television on Tuesday.
The chairman’s remark comes on the heels as fuel scarcity bites harder on Nigerians in Lagos, Federal Capital Territory Abuja, and other major cities.
Reacting to the situation, Amoo explained that fuel scarcity has been a recurring decimal because NNPCL stopped the supply of petrol to oil marketers in higher volume, which cannot go round their distribution channels.
“Before now NNPCL gave oil marketers a higher volume of petrol, all of a sudden, they abandoned that pattern, prioritizing Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, DAPPMAN and Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, MEMAN.
“They are giving small volume of the product, which cannot take care of petrol distribution either to urban or rural areas. We cannot even access the product.
“If NNPCL wants it to work and work well effectively, NNPCL can take a depot in Apapa or Oghara or anywhere and allow IPMAN access to petroleum products effectively.
“If we are picking from the depot, I can assure you that fuel scarcity of a thing will be zero in the next three to four days, because we will deliver the product to urban and rural areas,” he said.
Recall that NNPCL said that it is working round the clock with stakeholders to solve current fuel scarcity caused by distribution challenges.
