FUEL SCARCITY LOOMS IN YENAGOA, AS MARKETERS CLOSES DOWN

YENAGOA— Owners of mega filling station in Bayelsa, have shut down their stations, following a statement on Tuesday, by it's national body who threatened to shut operations nationwide over alleged plans by the management of Nigeria National Petroleum Company, NNPC, to impose lower pump price of fuel price on them.

The statement which was made at a briefing in Kaduna by the Mega Filling Station Owners of Nigeria, AMFSON, its National Secretary, Kenneth Nwachukwu, claimed the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who is also Minister of State for Petroleum, had directed that all mega filling stations sell fuel at varying rates of N130.00, N135.00, N140.00 per litre, while their competitors sell at N145 per litre.

According to him: “We are kicking against a directive by the Minister of State for Petroleum that we sell fuel for less than N145 per litre. We are all marketers and we get supplies at the same source and at the same price. Why should we be made to sell at N130, N135 and N140 per litre while others sell for N145 per litre? With this pronouncement by the Minister, we foresee a looming fuel scarcity because we may have to shut operations nationwide.

With these current development, fuel scarcity now looms in yenagoa following the closure, motorist are currently battling to get fuel.