Many filling stations in Aba, the industrial nerve centre of Abia State, have shut down on account of excessive price of sourcing petroleum merchandise from third occasion entrepreneurs aside from the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Company.
Investigation reveals that some filling stations within the metropolis that promote petrol to the individuals at costs between N1300 and N1350 have been those that lifted the merchandise at prices greater than NNPC management costs.
In an interview, the Government Chairman, Impartial Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria, Aba department, Mazi Oliver Okolo, mentioned that the NNPC had not equipped petroleum merchandise to their members previously three months.
He mentioned the NNPC had been promoting the merchandise to some suppliers, who not directly promote the product to the IPMAN members at exorbitant costs.
Mazi Okolo mentioned, “Our members now carry petrol at excessive prices and promote to motorists and different customers at excessive price,” including that if the refineries have been working, individuals would purchase petrol at an inexpensive costs.
He due to this fact referred to as on the federal authorities to make the 21 NNPC refineries within the nation useful to cut back the sufferings of the individuals.
In his reactions, a member of the Nationwide Government, Impartial Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria, Chief Godfrey Chukwunyere, mentioned NNPC promote petrol to mega stations, main entrepreneurs and the impartial petroleum entrepreneurs at totally different excessive charges along with the inexperienced personnel dealing with the affairs of the company
Chief Chukwunyere who referred to as for the whole over haul of the petroleum sector, appealed to the federal authorities to prevail on the NNPC to promote the petroleum merchandise at uniform costs to make issues simpler for the individuals.