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  • DAPPMAN slams Dangote over claims of fuel sufficiency ” says marketers supply most petrol in Nigeria

    DAPPMAN slams Dangote over claims of fuel sufficiency ” says marketers supply most petrol in Nigeria

    The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) has rubbished claims by the Dangote Refinery that it alone was capable of supplying petroleum products sufficient to keep the country wet.

    A spokesman for the Refinery, Anthony Chiejina, said Tuesday that the country would not see a petrol shortage despite an ongoing strike by members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).

    “There is no fuel shortage, everything is going on,” a refinery spokesman, Chiejina, told AFP.

    The Refinery’s claim followed fears of product scarcity that swept across the country as a result of the strike actions.

    However, the Executive Secretary of DAPPMAN, Femi Adewole, while appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Wednesday, claimed that its members and other depot owners still supply the country with the largest quantity of petroleum products.

    “We, the depot owners, have issues with the Dangote Refinery. For instance, we are still not getting coastal allocations from the Refinery.

    “We still supply about 68 per cent of the products to the country. We import these cargoes, not because we want to, but because we are not getting the attention we want from Dangote Refinery.

    “Right now, you may say Dangote has enough stock to go round, but if Dangote doesn’t sell to depot owners, we have to import because we have to remain in business.

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    “For instance, take the figures for May, about 1.7 billion litres of PMS were supplied to the country, but Dangote Refinery supplied about 24 per cent.

    “In June, about 1.4 billion litres were supplied, and Dangote Refinery did about 20 per cent. The volume that is being supplied is done by DAPPMAN members and other depots,” he said.

    Adewole, however, said depot owners were willing to purchase products from the Refinery if it would strike a good deal with them.

    “What we are saying is that let’s have a framework where DAPPMAN members can approach Dangote, and he will feel free to sell to us.

    “A situation where Dangote sells to international traders at ₦65 per litre lower than what he sells to us is not fair. Dangote sells to us at ₦45 higher than what he sells at his gantry, so how do we stay in business?

    “We want to buy from Dangote. Dangote is the pride of the nation. We would rather buy from his refinery than source from outside, but if he is not giving us the product, we definitely have to stay in business, we have to sell the product and sell at the best price possible.”

    On what caused the NUPENG crisis with the Refinery, the DAPPMAN ES said it was the former’s refusal to allow its tanker drivers to become members of labour unions.

    “We got here because the management of Dangote Refinery refused to allow union activities within its operations

    “ILO and the Nigerian constitution allow the Nigerian workers to unionise freely without interference, and it’s not compulsory either.

    “The managements of the established unions approached the management of Dangote Refinery to bring in the workers into the union (NUPENG and PTD), but unfortunately, the management of the Refinery at that time refused.

    “The workers made overtures to the management of the Refinery several times, but for the fact that he did give get positive feedback, they had to take the step that they took.

    “But good that the Refinery has approved their request, but the issues are not fully resolved as it concerns the downstream sector,” he said.

  • PMS: Depot owners extend loading hours to restore normalcy

    PMS: Depot owners extend loading hours to restore normalcy

    Member Companies of Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) say they have extended loading hours in their depots and retail outlets until the current fuel scarcity is normalised.

    Dame Winifred Akpani, Chairman, DAPPMAN, made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos.

    She empathised with DAPPMAN’s customers and the public on the current hardships faced following the importation of some quantities of off-spec Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) into the country.

    Akpani said: “DAPPMAN assures all our dear customers and the general public that all hands are on deck.

    ”DAPPMAN depots and retail outlets have commenced, within the security and safety limits allowance, extended hours of loading from our various depots and in all our retail outlets until the situation normalises.

    “We believe with the support and co-operation of all stakeholders, including Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Ltd. and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the current challenges of petrol purchase from our various retail outlets will be over.

    “DAPPMAN urges the buying public to kindly desist from panic purchases as some stocks of PMS have been received by our members for distribution to our retail outlets and other registered interested and willing retailers.”

    According to her, more fuel-laden vessels have continued to arrive in the country to remedy the situation.

    Akpani said: “We have worked assiduously with the regulatory authorities from the onset to curtail the further distribution of the off-spec fuel in all DAPPMAN depots and retail outlets.

    “DAPPMAN also seconded versatile professionals to the Technical and Commercial Committees set up by the regulators and stakeholders who have initiated best practices ‘Standard Operating Procedures’ .

    “This is to ensure that the off-spec products are quarantined, professionally processed, tested and certified good for distribution to the market.

    “We are also working with Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., through its subsidiary, the PPMC Ltd., to ensure that adequate stocks of ‘on-spec’ petrol are made available to Nigerians in all nooks and crannies of the nation.

  • N650bn debt: Fuel scarcity looms again as marketers issues 14-day ultimatum to FG

    The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) on Tuesday gave the the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to settle a N650 billion debt owed its members.

    It said failure to meet the deadline will force its members to disengage their workers.

    Executive Secretary of the Association, Mr Olufemi Adewole gave the 14-day ultimatum in a statement issued in Lagos.

    Adewole said members did not have any other option to solve the problem of increasing debt burdens of borrowing to pay staff than to immediately commence massive staff disengagement.

    “ “The unfortunate primary fallout of this step is the likely shut down of all DAPPMAN depots nationwide due to lack of manpower to operate same pending the time the Federal Government will pay off its indebtedness to petroleum marketers.

    “”This unfortunately will have a multiplier effect on the nationwide supply and distribution of petroleum products which presently is still a struggle,’’ he said.

    Adewole said that a letter was written to the Presidency on Jan. 24 but government failed to respond to the plight of petroleum marketers, many of whom have become financially insolvent.

    ““We are continually under pressure from our banks/AMCON, with looming threats of imminent take-over of our petrol stations and tank farms.

    “”In the light of the above and after exhausting all formal avenues to secure payment of these debts, we have given government notice to the likelihood of disengaging our personnel.

    “”The unfortunate primary fallout of this step is the likely shut down of all DAPPMAN depots nationwide due to lack of manpower to operate same pending the time the government will pay off its indebtedness to petroleum marketers.

    “”This unfortunately will have a multiplier effect on the nationwide supply and distribution of petroleum products which presently is still a struggle,’’ he said.

    According to the scribe, this letter serves as a reminder and an opportunity for government and its agencies to speedily approve and pay off its remaining subsidy era indebtedness to all the association’s members and all petroleum marketing companies.