Energy
Clampdown On Depot Owners Hiking Petrol Price – IPMAN Advises FG
The National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Sanusi Fari, on Thursday called on Federal Government to clampdown on private depot owners who are selling above approved ex-depot price.
Fari made this call in Abuja on Thursday during an interview with journalists saying the sale of petrol above government-approved price by depot owners would soon lead to a hike in the commodity’s pump price and scarcity.
He urged the Department of State Services and the Department of Petroleum Resources to curb the development to avoid crisis in the downstream oil sector.
He said some private depot owners were selling at N165 per litre to independent marketers, way above the government stipulated price of N148 per litre.
Fari said, “Our challenge is the inconsistency in the pricing of petrol. Up till a week ago, government was still insisting that the February price for petrol remained unchanged.
“And most of the private depot owners are selling above the government stipulated price. As of today, private depot owners are selling at N165 per litre to independent marketers.”
He added, “In the last six years, only NNPC imports refined products into this country and these tank farms buy their products from NNPC under a controlled price.
“This has affected our businesses seriously because government is insisting that we sell at the rate of N165, which is not going to work.”
The IPMAN president said filling station owners buy the product at N165 per litre from the private depots and incur other expenses such as transportation, rent, etc.
“So, government cannot expect us to sell less than what we buy,” he said.
Fari added, “This is why we are calling on government and agencies that are saddled with the responsibility to control petrol pricing to urgently clamp down on depots that are selling above the stipulated price.”
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the country’s sole importer of patrol, recently stated that it never hiked the cost of petrol to depots.
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