Ogun State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that no single Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depot has fuel, blaming the current scarcity on the cooperation and Federal Government.
IPMAN, in a statement signed by the Mosinmi Depot Chairman, Otunba Femi Adelaja, and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, attributed cause of the current scarcity of petrol in the State to the federal government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) failure to make the product available for its members at an affordable prices.
The statement read: “Leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Ogun State has noticed with serious concerns, the scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) commonly referred to as petrol across towns and cities in Ogun State, with its attendant hike in the dispensing price above the federal government stipulated price.
“Be informed that this crisis was not caused by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), but rather, the Federal Government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who have failed to make the product available for our members at an affordable prices.
“As we speak, PMS is not available in any of the NNPC’s depot across the country.
“The few litres being sold to members of the public by our members were secured from management of private depots in Lagos, who would sell the product to us at an exorbitant price of between N215 and N220 per litre.
