The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, to grant its members access to the depot, promising to end the fuel scarcity within 3-4 days.
IPMAN Chairman, Shino Amoo, made this statement on Channels Television, attributing the scarcity to NNPCL’s decision to reduce petrol supply to oil marketers, resulting in insufficient distribution.
As fuel scarcity worsens in Lagos, Abuja, and other major cities, Amoo calls for immediate action to address the issue.
“Before now NNPCL gave oil marketers a higher volume of petrol, all of a sudden, they abandoned that pattern, prioritizing Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, DAPPMAN and Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria, MEMAN.
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“They are giving small volume of the product, which cannot take care of petrol distribution either to urban or rural areas.
We cannot even access the product.
“If NNPCL wants it to work and work well effectively, NNPCL can take a depot in Apapa or Oghara or anywhere and allow IPMAN access to petroleum products effectively.
“If we are picking from the depot, I can assure you that fuel scarcity of a thing will be zero in the next three to four days, because we will deliver the product to urban and rural areas,” he said.