Nigerians have been asked to
prepare for an impending fuel scarcity by the Independent petroleum marketers
association of Nigeria (IPMAN).
Vice
President of the association, Alh. Abubakar Dankigari, stated that the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was no longer loading product which they
sold for N133 per litre. He added that private depots around calabar had begun
selling product at higher prices ranging from N138 to N140 per litre.
Dakingari revealed that petroleum
marketers had grounded their trucks also because of payments owed to them by
the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) which amounts to over N200 billion.He
says that the scarcity will begin in a few days because of this developments.
In his
words;
“If care is not taken, there will be
fuel (petrol) scarcity because private depots have started increasing their
rates; they are selling the product at a higher rate now in Calabar. Secondly, the
cost of diesel is increasing. It is between N250 to N270 per litre. You can see
that the cost of diesel is high but it is equally available because it has been
deregulated. In addition, PEF that is supposed to be paying the transport fare
is not paying.
So, the
marketers have decided to keep their trucks. The money PEF is owing marketers
is now over N200billion. If this trend continues, there will be scarcity and
the products will be very difficult to get. There is no kerosene at all.
The major
problem is that in Calabar, marketers are buying this product at N138 to N140
from the private depots. You know that what the NNPC said we should collect is
N133, but they are not loading”
Source: Politics Nigeria
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