Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),
has blamed the Federal Government of Nigeria for the scarcity of Premium Motor
Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in the country.
NUPENG said the scarcity of petrol was caused by the
government’s misplaced priority.
Speaking during the 5th Quadrennial Delegates Conference of
the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of NUPENG in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital, the union President, Comrade William Akporeha said that rather than
blaming tanker drivers for petrol scarcity, the blame should be put on the
doorstep of the government, who he said had refused to build new refineries in
the last 30 to 40 years.
Akporeha said: “Why are the scarcity of petrol? Where is the
product? The scarcity is not caused by tanker drivers but government’s
misplaced priority. If the product is available, members will move it around.
“By importing the product, you are exporting capital, exporting
jobs by doing so.
“I don’t think it’s rocket science to do that. The
refineries we have today were built by the military 30 to 40 years ago.”
Meanwhile, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association
of Nigeria (IPMAN) had revealed that the operating environment has become
hostile to their businesses.
The Lagos Zonal Chairman of IPMAN, Akin Akinrinade, noted
that it is no longer feasible to sell petrol in Nigeria at the recommended
price of N165 to a litre, adding that the landing cost of petrol was between
N175 to N178 to the litre.
Also, Mr Festus Osifo, President of the Petroleum and
Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), has given a reason
for the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country, particularly in Lagos and
Abuja.
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