Umar Ajiya, the Managing Director, Nigerian Product Marketing Company, also known as PPMC, had on December 13 warned illegal profiteers to desist or face losing their products.
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The News Agency of Nigeria is reporting in Gombe on Thursday that one of the stations, Tukur Dahiru Mohammed NIgeria Limited in Billiri, was sealed for allegedly diverting 26,000 litres of petrol.
Baru is expected to appear before Senator Kabiru Marafa-led committee on January 4.
The group was reacting to the worsening fuel scarcity in the country, describing it as “economic terrorism being perpetrated by enemies within”.
The President, who was reacting to the long queues of motorists at various filling stations across the country, in a statement personally signed by him and posted on his Twitter handle, said the scarcity was regrettable.
In a statement on Saturday by its President, John Nnia Nwodo, Ohanaeze Ndigbo warned against any deliberate policy ti undermine the economy of Ndigbo
“I told the President yesterday that even if it means raising the Pump Price to N250 per litre, Nigerians will still buy, provided it is available.”
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Marafa, stated this in a news briefing shortly after an investigative hearing on the matter on Tuesday in Abuja.
Commenting the fuel scarcity situation, Usman said most of the filling stations visited had products to sell, adding that there was no need for the long queues witnessed in the city
While addressing a joint press briefing at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Alausa, the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, said as much as the government empathized with the people on the difficulties they have been subjected to as a result of shortage of petroleum products, it would however not watch and allow the situation cripple the flow of traffic in the state
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Senator Jibrin Barau, told newsmen shortly after an on-the-spot assessment of filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory that the summons became necessary following the hardship on Nigeriansn
Some of the petrol stations on the Kubwa Expressway, which had long queues of vehicles waiting to buy fuel were AA Rano, NNPC Mega Station, MRS, Bulsalewa, Conoil and Mobil
The Corporation in a statement decried what it termed “misinterpretation” of an otherwise benign and sincere assessment of the fuel supply scenario by Kachikwu during a brief chat with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Korodo said from all indications, loading of petrol at both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and private depots were very slow.
He said if there was no improvement in loading the product by next week, the situation might be worse.
At Mushin, long queue of vehicles prevented free flow of vehicles at Oando and Mobil filling stations, which were selling the product at the official pump price of N86.50
Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, the Managing Director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, said measures were being taken to ensure end to…
Hassan said the situation was affecting his daily revenue as “I am spending much on fuel due to the lingering scarcity
Buhari said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation had been directed to explore alternative funding models to enable government honour its obligations in Joint Ventures and deep offshore fields
The statement said the minister, at an emergency meeting with senior staff of the corporation, revealed there were a number of challenges in the supply and distribution system that hampered efficient distribution of products
“We can confidently announce here today that the scarcity will end in a few days. Subsidy payment till the end of the year has been approved by the National Assembly. As you know we can’t spend money without approval,” the Minister said during a visit to the headquarters of the Daily Trust newspaper in Abuja on Wednesday