Tag: Fuel Scarcity
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NNPC speaks on rumoured fuel hike, scarcity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has advised motorists and other petroleum products consumers to disregard trending rumour of a planned hike in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). NNPC in statement by Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the National Assembly Thursday did not suggest any plan to increase the price…
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IPMAN, NUPENG address mounting fuel scarcity, assure of sufficient product
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have urged Nigerians to stop panicking over fuel scarcity as there is sufficient product. The duo said this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos against the backdrop of the…
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Fuel scarcity: DPR seals 4 filling stations in Warri
The Warri Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday sealed four petrol stations in Warri over sharp practices. The Warri Zonal Operations Manager, Mr Yusuf Sule disclosed this to newsmen shortly after an unscheduled visit to some petrol stations in Warri. Sule, who led the surveillance team, said the stations were…
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Scarcity: What we are doing to clear fuel queues – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday, said the Federal Government is doing all it can to clear queues in filling stations, especially in the Abuja metropolis. The minister also said he has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ensure that petrol queues were cleared in Abuja before…
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Refine crude locally to end embarrassing fuel scarcity, Dogara advises FG
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for local refining of crude oil to make fuel available and easily accessible to all Nigerians, saying every other measure to put an end to the recurring problem of fuel scarcity will work temporarily which he described as embarrassing. The Speaker made this known…
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End recurring fuel scarcity in seven days, NASS tells NNPC
A Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Petroleum Resources on Wednesday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to end the lingering fuel scarcity within seven days. The committee also asked the Nigeria Customs Service and other security agencies, especially those at the borders, to halt the alleged diversion of fuel…
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Days of fuel scarcity over, Baru assures Nigerians
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Tuesday assured Nigerians that there would no longer be fuel scarcity which had caused unbearable queues for Nigerians. The Group Managing Director of the corporation, Maikanti Baru said this in Abuja at the 2018/2019 crude oil term contract bid opening. According to him, the opening of bids is…
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Invest more in modular refineries to end fuel scarcity, IPMAN advises FG
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to invest more in modular refineries as a way to end fuel scarcity. Its Chairman, South-west zone, Alhaji Debo Ahmed, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo only two…
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Presidency summons Kachikwu, Baru, SSS, other stakeholders over lingering fuel scarcity
The Presidency on Tuesday in Abuja summoned critical stakeholders in the nation’s oil sector and the leadership of security agencies in the country to end the scarcity of petrol in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting, presided by the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, is being held…