ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says the management of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has allocated petrol to its members directly to ease scarcity.
The National President of IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
Mr. Okoronkwo said the order was directed after a close door meeting of IPMAN executive and NNPCL management.
He said the meeting resolved that IPMAN members should load petrol at NIPCO, MRS and other loading depots.
According to him, the NNPCL management had confirmed that the product had been released to the depots for immediate loading by IPMAN members.
He said IPMAN members were encouraged to upgrade their POS to G4 or G5 for payment efficiency.
“Members without POS are also advised to acquire it for efficiency.
“The arrangement was in collaboration with NNPCL Retails Ltd. and IPMAN.
“IPMAN members are advised to open up their stations and start selling to the public nationwide,” he explained.
Mr. Okoronkwo said IPMAN was a responsible association with over 85 per cent filling stations across the nooks and crannies of Nigeria.
He added that lPMAN would in a few days’ time also massively load at NIPCO and MRS depots massively for South West and North West parts of the country.
Mr. Okoronkwo enjoined members who had made payments to commence loading of petrol from the designated depots.
He said the meeting was attended by the National President of IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo; the Chairman of the BOT of IPMAN, Abdulkardir Aminu, and other executive committee members of IPMAN.
He said Adeyemi Adetunji, the executive vice president of Downstream; Lawal Sade, the Managing Director of NNPCL Trading and Huub Stokman, Managing Director of NNPC Retail Ltd were also in attendance.
Consequently, lPMAN has reversed its earlier order that its members should suspend all operations across the country, he said.
NAN.