Queue at a petrol station
Oil marketers on Friday said they have dispatched 700 trucks of
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), to Abuja as part of efforts to end fuel
queues at filling stations nationwide.
This is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting they
held in Abuja with the Federal Government and other stakeholders in oil
and gas sector.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the meeting was held
to find lasting solution to the persistent queues at filling stations
across the country.
In the communiqué signed by Mr Taiye Haruna, Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the marketers agreed to begin to move
products to all parts of the nation with immediate effect.
It stated that the meeting was tagged “Queue must go stakeholders’ platform.’’
It stated that Petroleum Products Marketing Company in conjunction
with marketers, major and independent, have agreed to increase the level
of supply to all retail outlets nationwide with immediate effect.
It also stated that the meeting also directed marketers to move 700 trucks of petrol to Abuja with immediate effect.
It noted that one of the major constraints to distribution was the logjam at Apapa –Oshodi expressway in Lagos.
“We have agreed to work with the Lagos State Government, Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) and NARTO to clear the logjam at Apapa.
“Currently we have over 2,000 trucks on that road waiting to take fuel at the depot.
“Trucks are at Apapa to load products but could not get product but
we fashioned out modality to clear the logjam in conjunction with other
stakeholders,” it stated.
The communiqué further stated that the measure would enable the
marketers start loading and moving products out of the depot to the
hinterland.
“We have enough stocks that can last for 23 days; also we agreed to
set up the committee of stakeholders to monitor the loading and
delivering of products nationwide.
“We have also agreed that efforts will be made to clear this long before the end of June”, the communiqué declared.
It further stated that the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF) would
track all the trucks from Apapa using the Aquila project to avoid
diversion of the products.
“DPR is to ensure that products are delivered and selling proceeds should not be more than N87 per litre.
“Government will not relent in their efforts to ensure that the challenge become a thing of the past.
“All stakeholders have agreed to clear the queue before the end of next week,” it stated.
According to the communiqué, it was also agreed that a task force
comprising all stakeholders was being set up to look into the
distribution of PMS nationwide.
The meeting was attended by Executive Secretary, Major Marketers
Association of Nigeria, Mr Femi Olawore and Chief Lawson Obasi led
Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN).
Others included Executive Secretary Depot & Petroleum Products
Marketers Association (DAPPMA), Mr Femi Adewole; Mr George Osahon,
Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
The rest were Executive Secretary, PEF, Mrs Asabe Ahmed; the
Executive Secretary Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency
(PPRA) Mr Farouk Hamed and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) representative, Dr David Ige, GED Gas and Power.
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