Following the investigative
hearing on the perennial fuel scarcity across the country by Senate Committee
on Petroleum downstream, Chairman of Depot and Petroleum Marketers Association
of Nigeria (DAPMAN), Mr. Dapo Abiodun has blamed the Nigeria Ports Authority
for being responsible for difficulties encountered in the importation of fuel
into the country.
Speaking on Tuesday at the public
hearing, he explained that the Nigeria Ports Authority had subjected importers
to pay for importation of PMS in foreign currency, a situation he added made it
difficult to control the landing cost.
He said: “the NNPC allocates
quantity of fuel to oil importers on local currency, but at landing, the NPA
would demand that we pay in foreign currency”, he said.
Mr Abiodun further maintained
that accessing forex at the Central Bank of Nigeria was partly responsible for
delay.
Moreso, Chairman, Board of
Trustees of Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Mr Aminu
Abdulkadir Chairman, has pointed that the association has been infiltrated with
quack filling stations operators.
According to him, many filling
stations across the country did not have Department of Petroleum Resources’
(DPR) approval, hence, they were involved in fuel diversion.
He decried that IPMAN had
suffered criticism for being responsible for fuel scarcity due to activities of
those unapproved filling stations, while asking the DPR to begin demolition of
such filling stations immediately.
“Distinguished Senators, there
are many unapproved filling station operators who are not my members, but
involved in fuel diversion.”
“I want to say that DPR should
not only sanction those people, but demolish them, because they would lift fuel
from Depot and divert it”, the Chairman said.
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