The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Kano chapter, has warned members against hoarding and diversion of Petroleum products.
While giving the warning, the IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Dan-Malam, also disclosed that the shortage in supply of petrol was due to an accident that occurred in Oyo state leading to the blockage of the road by the vehicles involved.
He urged marketers not to take advantage of the development, assuring that normalcy would soon return.
Dan-Malam said: “Marketers should not exploit the situation by causing artificial scarcity in the state as normalcy will soon be restored.
“The union would not fold its arms and allow some unpatriotic members to sabotage the current effort toward resolving the problem bedeviling the sector.
“We know there was a problem but that should not be used to create artificial scarcity, instead we should cooperate with the government to resolve the problem.
“The meeting between the union and Federal Government is still ongoing and we hope all the pending issues will be resolved soon.
He advised members of the association to support the government in its effort towards resolving the crisis.
“Many fuel marketers in the state had closed their filling stations while the few that opened had increased their price from N145 to between N150 and N160.
“The union’s monitoring committee in collaboration with the other regulating agencies would continue to go round to enforce compliance and to apprehend defaulting members.”
The IPMAN chairman stressed that any marketer found hoarding or diverting the product would be appropriately dealt with.
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