FG, marketers agree to end petrol shortage by next week

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June 5, 2015 6:14 PM

The meeting between the two groups held at the at the conference room of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in Abuja.

Fuel scarcity

Following a meeting held today, June 5, 2015, the Federal Government and oil marketers in Nigeria have agreed to end the current fuel scarcity being witnessed in the country by next week.

The resolutions reached at the meeting were read by Permanent Secretary, Taiye Haruna.

“We have also agreed that efforts be made to clear these long queues before the end of June 13, 2015, that is next week,” he said.

Another agreement reached, according to Haruna, was that the PPMC, as well as marketers, should increase the level of product supply across the country.

According to Punch, the meeting, was well attended by stakeholders in the sector including top officials from the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

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