YULETIDE: NNPC Rallies Stakeholders Over Zero Fuel Queues….. No Plan To Increase Fuel Price

"The Federal Government Has No Plans To Increase The Pump Price Of Fuel Or Tamper With The Prevailing Price Of The Products" ..... NNPC MD, Kyari Assures Public.

“Necessary measures have been placed to tackle all likely or foreseeable challenges that could hamper free flow of fuel-bearing trucks and vessels within the period and beyond”.

Ahead of the Yuletide season, Nigeria’s oil Company; the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has assured Nigerians of its determination to ensure zero fuel-queue agenda during the Yuletide and beyond.

Towards actualizing this, critical major Stakeholders in the Downstream Sector of the Petroleum Industry rose Tuesday in Abuja at a meeting chaired by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari.

A statement signed by the Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Samson Makoji revealed that the NNPC had put in place, all necessary measures to ensure zero fuel-queue agenda during the Yuletide and beyond.

According to the statement from the Office of the head of the Group Public Affairs Division, the meeting which was held at NNPC Towers in Abuja, was sequel to the Presidential directive to ensure seamless supply and distribution of petroleum products across the nation.

Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Kyari, while speaking at the end of the meeting, assured stakeholders and the general public that the Federal Government had no plans to increase the pump price of fuel or tamper with the prevailing price of the product.

He assuring that, based on the level of collaboration amongst stakeholders in the Downstream sector, the yuletide season and beyond, would be devoid of any form of products scarcity.

The NNPC GMD stated that “necessary measures have been placed to tackle all likely or foreseeable challenges that could hamper free flow of fuel-bearing trucks and vessels within the period and beyond”.

Some of the steps agreed by stakeholders in the parley included: clear timeline for loading; stamping and dispatch of fuel tankers at all petroleum products depots nationwide; clear documentation process and procedures for all fuel tankers among other steps.

Also speaking at the meeting, Salimon Oladiti, Chairman, Petroleum Tanker Drivers, an arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), assured that members of the union would work round the clock with other stakeholders to ensure seamless distribution and supply of petroleum products across the country.

On his part, President, National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) Dr. Kazzim Bataiya, pledged the readiness of his members to work with NNPC and stakeholders alike, saying NARTO was ready to supply enough loading trucks to convey products from all loading depots.

The meeting had in attendance, the Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr. Ahmad Sakur, representatives of the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA), Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF), Deport and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), Federal Ministry of Works, among others.