According to PREMIUM TIMES Petroleum
products marketers and the Federal Government on Monday have set aside their
face-off resolved with government, resolving to immediately mobilize to ensure
restoration of normal supply of fuel throughout the country.
At the end of a meeting convened by the Senate Committee on
Petroleum (Upstream and downstream) to resolve the crisis, Chairman, Major Oil
Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Obafemi Olawore, said its members,
consisting Oando, Conoil, Forte Oil, MRS, Total and Mobil Oil agreed to
commence lifting and distribution of fuel immediately from the stock supplied
by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Capital Oil and Gas Ltd had on Sunday commenced the loading of
13 million litres of petrol from its depot in Apapa for distribution to the
various states to reduce the current scarcity.
The Chairman of the company, Ifeayin Ubah, told journalists in
Lagos that more than 2,000 trucks would be loaded before May 29 to boost the
country’s economic activities.
He said the company’s facilities had the capacity to load 13
million litres of the product within the period.
“This comes to approximately 500 trucks of petroleum products on
daily basis. With this, it is our belief that once again our citizens will
begin to smile and return to normal family and work life.
“We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save
our nation from this impending economic and social crisis,’’ he said.
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