Private Depot Owners Responsible For Fuel Scarcity- IPMAN

Private Depot Owners have been blamed for the perennial fuel scarcity biting the country.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, (IPMAN) President, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, in a chat with Journalists on Sunday urged that the petrol distribution should be left in the hands of IPMAN, which will solve the issue of scarcity.

“There is enough product (fuel), but the distribution is the problem, it shouldn’t be left in the hands of private depot owners.

“Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, should deal directly with product distribution.

“Private Depot owners are the ones putting the country in this problem.

”The moment they say the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, do the distribution directly, it will solve the problem and the price”, he said.

However, the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) has said that it is working with the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd. to boost distribution across the country.

The Chief Executive Officer of MOMAN, Mr Clement Isong said this in an interview with journalists during the weekend in a bid to address the current scarcity of petrol and long queues at filling stations.

Isong said the association had had a daily logistic emergency meeting with the downstream management of NNPCL on improving the supply of petrol.

He explained that the collaboration with NNPCL will enhance the distribution of petroleum products in the country.

“We are doing depot-to-depot check-in and check-out to enhance efficiency, and also have logistic supply meetings with NNPCL.

“There is also collaboration among our members to cushion supply to various MOMAN’s stations”, he stated.