Stakeholders in oil sector agree to end fuel scarcity

After some weeks of fuel scarcity all the country, stakeholders in the sector Wednesday agreed to end the lingering queues at the filling stations.
The truce was reached after a strategy session meeting of the stakeholders with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu in Abuja.

According to statement from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ohi Alegbe in Abuja, the stakeholders that comprise the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) and the Jetty and Petroleum Tank Farm Owners of Nigeria (JEPTFON), pledged in unison to end the fuel queues as soon as possible.

Alegbe stated that in resolving the problem, the Minister of State charged the marketers to pick up the gauntlet and activate all necessary machinery and mechanism to guarantee unimpeded distribution of petroleum products across the country.