The federal government has denied
plans to increase price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol
to a minimum price of N180
This was contained in a statement
issued by Idang Alibi, Director of Press, Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Idang said thee Minister of State
for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu during the Joint Senate and House of
Representatives Committee hearing on fuel scarcity never mentioned the need to
increase price of petrol as the matter was still being deliberated on.
The statement read:
“Our attention has been drawn to
publications making rounds on traditional & social media alleging that the
HMSPR Dr. @IbeKachikwu dropped a hint of an impending fuel price increase
during the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee hearing on fuel
scarcity in Nigeria.
“The Ministry of Petroleum
Resources would like to categorically state that the Honorable Minister of
State, Petroleum Resources all through his presentations at the hearing,
neither mentioned nor insinuated the need or plans by the FG to increase the
current pump price of PMS.
“It would be expedient to note
that that the Presidency has set up a special committee to identify the
immediate and remote causes of the fuel scarcity with a view to finding both
immediate and long lasting solutions to the challenge.
“The Committee has been in rounds
of deliberations in the past few days and these discussions are still ongoing.
The final decisions and recommendations from the Committee would be passed on
to the President and Commander-In-Chief for approval.
“The general public and indeed
stakeholders in the Oil and Gas sector are by this statement urged to disregard
any such report of a price increase.
“Further information and
communiqué on the resolutions would be communicated as and when due.”
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