The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said the Federal Government should decongest Lagos by decentralising the distribution of petroleum products to coastal areas if it wants to curb fuel scarcity.
IPMAN National President, Chief Obasi Lawson, spoke at the weekend during a facility tour of tank farms in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Lawson, accompanied by other national and zonal officials, expressed surprise that in the State, it was only a tank farm, Master Energy that had products and sold at government-approved price of N77.66k.
He denied that IPMAN was responsible for hoarding, stressing that government should distribute the products to Port Harcourt, Calabar and Warri, to reduce the congestion in Lagos, which was the cause of scarcity.
His words: “We came here to inspect a facility and find out what we can also do to improve their services. Before we got to this place today, we first of all embarked on the tours on visiting filling stations. And most of the stations we visited in Port Harcourt, those selling the normal price, the approved price of government, mentioned to us that they got their product from Master Energy at N77.66k, and that is why we came here to ascertain that.
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