Oil Marketers, Federal Government Agree to End Fuel Crisis in Nigeria

By Daniel Adugbo
Nigeria Daily Trust
Nov 19 2015 4:29AM

Oil marketers yesterday pledged to support measures put in place by the Federal Government to restore sanity to the fuel supply and distribution condition within days.

At the end of a strategy session convened by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu to address the fuel situation, members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, (DAPPMA) and the Jetty and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria (JEPTFON), pledged in unison to end the fuel queues as soon as possible.

Declaring the session open, Kachikwu charged the marketers to activate all necessary machinery to guarantee unimpeded distribution of petroleum products across the country.

The minister urged the oil marketers to see the initiative as a national call to action.

Speaking on behalf of MOMAN, its Secretary General Femi Olawore said the association is willing to work with the Petroleum Ministry and the NNPC to restore normalcy to the fuel situation.

Leader of DAPPMA delegation, Dapo Abiodun pledged the commitment of his members to work towards the achievement of Federal Government’s objective in ensuring free flow of petroleum products across the country.

Chairman of JEPTFON, Chief Ifeanyi Uba while pledging the readiness of the petroleum tank farm owners to support the initiative, called for government assistance in clearing the perennial traffic carnage at the Apapa loading gantries.