The management of Sahara Energy Resources Limited has said the Department of Petroleum Resources did not give the company an opportunity to provide available documentary evidence that would have addressed allegations bordering on compliance with approved price for the sale of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol.
The DPR had in a letter dated December 9, 2015, written to Sahara Energy Resources Limited on the issue, and the company promptly replied via a letter also dated December 9, 2015 to clarify its position and make a passionate appeal for an opportunity to back its response with facts.
Setting the record straight in a statement, the company’s Managing Director, Moroti Adedoyin-Adeyinka, said Sahara Energy Resources Limited had a track record of strict compliance with the sector’s guidelines.
Adedoyin-Adeyinka said the DPR sent the letter to Sahara Energy Resources Limited without any hearing or earlier inquiry, affirming that she remained hopeful that the company’s response will clarify all allegations and concerns of the DPR.
She said: “We take seriously our obligations under the law as a corporate law abiding citizen and we have not acted in breach of the Petroleum Act or any Regulations, Schedules or Orders made thereunder. We shall welcome an opportunity to respond to any allegations of fact that DPR may have and we are confident that we can demonstrate with documentary records our full compliance with the Act.”
Sahara Energy Resources Limited’s letter to the DPR reads in part: “We would like to inform you that contrary to the allegations made in your letter, Sahara Energy Resources Limited discharged MT Argosy carrying 20,426,120 litres of PMS to Sahara Ibafon on the 5th October, 2015 and sold this product between the 7th October and 24th November, 2015 to Forte Oil and A.A. RANO, amongst others, who we all sold to at the price of =N=77.66. We categorically maintain that we did not at any time sell PMS above the government approved price. As of today, we have only a deadstock of 26,116 litres at Sahara Ibafon which cannot be pumped out.”
Adedoyin-Adeyinka said Sahara Energy Resources Limited has always sold petroleum products at the approved price in its depots and other depots where the company has discharged products.
She urged the DPR to review its suspension order, adding that the company would welcome the opportunity to respond to any allegation of fact upon which the DPR’s decision was based.
She also assured the company’s customers and stakeholders that the issue would be resolved, stressing that Sahara Energy Resources Limited remained committed to working with the DPR to ensure professionalism and sustainable growth in the sector.
She added that the company had continuously been called upon to work with the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to address shortages and boost the supply of PMS nationwide – a role she said Sahara Energy Resources Limited would be honoured to continue playing responsibly and ethically.
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