By Moses Patience Chat
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited of withholding petrol from its members for over six months.
This was disclosed in a statement issued to journalists in Abuja yesterday by its Suleja/Abuja Branch Chairman,Yahaya Alhassan.
IPMAN further claimed that NNPC Limited imported fuel with money belonging to its members and is yet to deliver it to them after entreaties.
According to Alhassan, the statement was issued after a caucus meeting of chairmen of depots in Suleja/Abuja, Gusau, Minna, and Kaduna.
He also told journalists that NNPC Limited supplied some major marketers with the product with some concession for their old tickets.
his words: “NNPCL has since given Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to major marketers with some concessions for old tickets while insisting that IPMAN members should enjoy the same concession instead of incurring losses.”
The Association also alleged that some of its members have had over 4,000 outstanding tickets that are worth N7,740,000 each with NNPC Limited.
It is on this note that IPMAN urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the matter to avert another petrol scarcity in the country.
IPMAN which welcomed the removal of fuel subsidy, warned that service delivery would never stabilise if the outstanding product tickets were not settled by NNPC Limited.