The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has solicited the
support of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria
(IPMAN) towards ensuring efficient distribution of petroleum products
nationwide before, during and after the ember months.
The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru made this
demand on the association while receiving the enlarged National Executive
Committee of IPMAN at the NNPC Towers in Abuja.
Dr. Baru urged IPMAN to use its vast network of distribution outlets in
the downstream sector across the country to deliver petroleum products to
the people without engaging in diversion of products.
He called on the leadership of IPMAN to enforce the Petroleum Products
Pricing Regulatory Agency’s (PPPRA) retail price band for all petroleum
products across all its retail outlets.
The GMD enjoined the Association to take advantage of the liberalization
policy of the downstream sector by the Federal government to import
petroleum products so as to keep the country wet with petroleum products.
Earlier, the President of IPMAN, Chief Obasi Lawson said peace has
returned to the leadership of the Association noting that it is prepared
to use its various filling stations to ensure effective supply and
distribution of petroleum products for the benefit of Nigerians.
On his part, IPMAN Board of Trustee Chairman , Alh. Aminu Abdulkadir
congratulated the GMD on his well-deserved appointment stressing that the
omen of his appointment brought unity to the lingering crises in the
Association while further extolling his transparent virtues which he said
would rub on the nation’s Oil and Gas Industry.
He expressed the readiness of IPMAN to support the GMD and his management
team to succeed in their task of ensuring seamless supply and distribution
of petroleum products nationwide.