The National President of Independent Petroluem Marketers Association of
\nNigeria (IPMAN),Alhaji Aminu Abdul kadir has described allegations
\nthat its members bribed officials of the Oil ministry as false and
\npolitically motivated.<\/p>\n
He also warned against removal of kerosene subsidy as It has the
\npotential of triggering social unrest in the country even as he defended
\nthe subsidy regime as a necessity until l\u00e5g become sufficiently
\navailable across the country.<\/p>\n
In a chat with newsmen in Abuja, Abdul kadir said the association
\nviewed “with serious concern the politically motivated allegation of
\nbribery against NNPC officials by faceless marketers who claims to be
\npaying 25 naira per litter on top of the official price without any
\nproof.<\/p>\n
“It is quite intriguing that some mischievous individuals are hell bent
\nin turning the downstream petroleum industry into a political theatre
\nwithout minding the negative impact of such on the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n
It is now obvious that these enemies of peace in the industry having
\ninstigated all manners of public hearing in collusion with their allies
\nto truncate the supply stability the populace have been enjoying with
\nthe aim of discrediting the efforts of the leadership of the petroleum
\nindustry have now resulted to negative press war”, the IPMAN President
\nsaid in a prepared text.<\/p>\n
He noted “that IPMAN controls 87% of total retail outlet in the country
\nwith over thirty thousand (30000) retail outlets. As a matter of fact,
\nif the alleged practice were occurring in the industry as mentioned, the
\nIPMAN members would have been aware of it.<\/p>\n
The fact that IPMAN is not aware of such demonstrates the hollowness of
\nthe allegation as blatantly concerted lies”, he clarified.<\/p>\n
According to him, NNPC does not transact with any marketer without bulk
\npurchase agreement and that NNPC\/PPMC have conducted verification
\nexercise of retail outlet in the country and have since sanctioned some
\nfake marketers from lifting products across the twenty one (21) PPMC
\ndeports across the country.<\/p>\n
“All legitimate marketers lift their products and sell at approved
\ngovernment price in line with the directive of the Honourable Minister
\nof Petroleum, Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke which is been implemented by
\nthe GMD NNPC, MD PPMC, and IPMAN President” the association said .<\/p>\n
On subsidy removal, the IPMAN leader said those plotting to derail the
\nJonathan presidency are the ones behind the push to withdraw kerosene
\nsubsidy which he said would impose further hardship on the poor,
\ncanvassing that “Subsidy should remain until LPG supply is sufficient to
\nfill the gap.<\/p>\n
“Until LPG is widely available, you cannot remove subsidy. If you do, it
\nwill bring social unrest. I strongly advise that subsidy should remain.
\nI also call on the minister to call Industry operators to order to put
\nin more efforts into the provision of LPG”, he said .<\/p>\n
On allegations that the subsidy is not reaching the poor, the IPMAN
\nPresident denied such assertions, explaining that the problem has to do
\nwith High demand versus low supply as the quantity subsidized is not
\nsufficient to meet the needs of kerosene users.<\/p>\n
“About 7 to 10 million liters are supplied but our national consumption
\ntoday is about 15 million liters. There is a shortfall in supply, hence
\npeople think the subsidy is not reaching the people. There is subsidy”,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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