- Professor Osinbajo and Dr Ikachikwu met with major oil marketers
- This is to put an end to the lingering oil crises
- They promised that the move is to also prevent a recurrence
Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu met with major oil marketers in order to end the lingering oil crisis.
Nigerians have been complaining about the hardship of purchasing fuel especially during the festive period although President Muhammadu Buhari has said that this will end soon.
Osinbajo and Kachikwu meet oil marketers. Credit: Facebook
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The FG promised to find a solution to the lingering fuel scarcity. Credit: Facebook
The group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru also blamed the fuel scarcity crisis on oil marketers who are being accused of hoarding the commodity.
Kachikwu in a post via his Facebook page explained that they are working toward ending the problem by meeting with major oil marketers on Monday, December 25.
He said they were also working to make sure that this problem is not repeated again.
Read statement below:
In continuation of the field rounds in our bid to frontally provide much needed solutions to the lingering fuel availability challenges with the Vice President H. E Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, we engaged the Major Oil Marketers in a very productive and collaborative meeting.
Professor Osinbajo and Dr Kachikwu spent Christmas meeting with oil marketers. Credit: Facebook
Whilst empathizing with Nigerians for the needless pain and suffering that the current situation has sprung up, we expect that the fuel availability challenges evidenced by long queues will be completely eliminated, soonest.
We are leaving no stone unturned as we continue to monitor the current fuel situation and collaboratively work with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Department of Petroleum Resources to assiduously execute already communicated ministerial directives to maximally flood the market with products.
The bigger picture is to ensure that a repeat of the current challenge is never again experienced. We thank Nigerians for their support even in the face of challenges. God bless you.
Meanwhile, Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the southwest chairman of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Monday confirmed that massive loading of petrol was ongoing at different depots in Lagos.
Aboyeji made the confirmation in an interview with NAN n Lagos, assuring Nigerians that the current scarcity of fuel would end in the next two days.
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Source: Naija.ng
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