The leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said filling stations belonging to its members nationwide will not go on strike.
Mr. Mike Osatuyi, the IPMAN’s National
Operations Controller, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday.
Osatuyi said that the assurance became
necessary to debunk the insinuations that lPMAN members were planing to shut
down all there stations.
According to him, the Nigerian National
Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), is committed to sell its products directly
to IPMAN members at the official rate of ex- depot price.
He said that the backlogs of IPMAN’s members
over 2,000 tickets were being cleared at present.
Osatuyi said: ” Nigerians should not engage
in any panic buying as they are entering the Christmas period.
” Our wide networks nationwide make us the
perfect outlets to ensure sustained distribution of petroleum products across
the country,” he said.
On Dec. 10, the Ogun chapter of the
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) threatened to
shut down all its outlets across the state over the ultimatum issued to
marketers by the Department of State Security (DSS).
A correspondent who also monitored the fuel
situation in Lagos metropolis observed that queues were gradually easing off in
some filling stations.
The correspondent also noticed that the
major oil marketers were selling petrol at the regulated prices of between N169
and N170 per litre, while staions belonging to Independent marketers were still
selling above the governnent approved price per litre.
It was also observed that selling of petrol
in jerrycans along the highways, popularly known as “black market “, was
gradually easing off.
There had been an improvement in the
loading of petroleum products from Apapa and the Dockyard Depots by fuel
tankers belonging to marketers to various states of the federation.
Similarly, Mr Ahmed Farouk, the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum
Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), had assured Nigerians of sufficient supply of
the products during Yuletide. -NAN
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