Fuel Scarcity: Independent marketers slams FG, find out why

– Independent marketers says it is not behind fuel scarcity

– Marketers says fuel scarcity likely to end by weekend not today as said by minister of state for petroleum

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has debunked allegation that it was responsible for the current fuel scarcity in the country.

The national operations controller, Mr Mike Osatuyi, said a statement to that effect was credited to Mr. Lawson Ngoa, who he described as an agent of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources brought in to mediate in the internal crisis of the association.

“While the intervention of the minister of state for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, in resolving the internal crisis in IPMAN is appreciated and commendable, the forefathers, past presidents, leaders of IPMAN and the general members of IPMAN nationwide will not allow Mr. Lawson Ngoa, who is not a marketer or an IPMAN member, to use IPMAN’s name as a shield to defend or protect a system failure of the NNPC.

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“It is pure defamation of IPMAN name to go on air that IPMAN has accepted the responsibility for the scarcity of petroleum products and that Nigerians should hold IPMAN responsible for the scarcity.”

Recall that the minister of state for petroleum resources, Mr Ibe Kachikwu said queues would disappear from filling stations in Abuja and Lagos by today, April 6.

But latest development has shown that the fuel queues will continue into the weekend.

Although two new vessels, Mt. Mersk Kalea and Mt, Alizea, carring 21 million metric tonnes of petrol berthed at the Apapa jetty, a Punch newspaper report said ofloading and distribution will take another 3 or 4 days.

“But discharge had not started because they have to determine those to get the product and they have to do all the formal documentation. There is still documentation for naval clearance; there is documentation for the DPR clearance; the DPR will also go on board since it is an imported vessel.

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“They cannot start to discharge now. The earliest time they can do that is probably tomorrow (Wednesday) night or Thursday morning. Because of the subsidy component, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency will want to see whether it is in line with the approval given.

“So, those are the things that will actually delay the discharge of the vessels. It should take a minimum of two days. So, people may not feel any vessel is discharging until the weekend. The logistic issue is now the problem,” the source, who is an official of an independent marketer said.

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