The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria
has asked Nigerians to prepare for the worst fuel crisis.
To avoid this, the petrol marketers association asked the
Federal Government to prevail on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream
Petroleum Regulatory Authority to pay its members their outstanding bridging
claims amounting to over N500 billion.
The IPMAN chairman in Kano State, Bashir Danmalam, made the
remarks while addressing a news conference in Kano State on Monday.
He said the failure of the NMDPRA to pay the the bridging
claims, otherwise known as transportation claims, had forced many of its
members out of business as they couldn’t transport the commodity due to high
cost of diesel.
He lamented that non-payment of the claims by NMDPRA for
over eight months had crippled the businesses of many of their members as they
couldn’t transport the commodity even though it was available.
“NMDPRA is responsible for the payment of bridging claims
otherwise known as transportation claims
“For failure of the NMDPRA to pay the outstanding claims for
about nine months, many marketers cannot transport the product because their
funds are not being paid. Despite the high price of diesel, they manage to
supply the petroleum products nationwide.
“The resurfacing of fuel queues in Abuja is just a tip of
the iceberg with regard to the petroleum scarcity.
“Out of 100 per cent, only five per cent of the marketers
can supply the petroleum products because of the failure of NMDPRA to pay
them.”
He noted that after the amalgamation of DPR, PEF, and PPRA
to NMDPRA, the agency had paid them only two times.
Danmalam, therefore, called on the Federal Government to
intervene before the situation degenerated into a serious fuel crisis and
spread to other parts of the country.
“As leaders, we have to come out to say the truth because
our members are suffering from the failure of the agency to pay the fund. This
Petroleum Equalisation Fund is our own money we contribute to each litre. This
agency is doing more harm than good to us,” Danmalam said.
He said Nigerians should not blame their members for the
fuel scarcity but rather ascribe it to NMDPRA.
“We are not agitating for a transportation fee increase, we
are only clamouring for payment of our bridging claims that is over N500
billion,” he added.
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