ABUJA, Federal Republic of Nigeria. (Unic Press UK) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has engaged the Department of State Services (DSS) and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to tackle chronic hoarding and diversion of petroleum products by marketers.
The disclosure on new measures aimed at curbing hoarding and diversion of petroleum products was announced by NNPC Group General Manager Ohi Alegbe through a press release on Wednesday, 25 November 2015.
NNPC to be assisted by DSS, EFCC in fight to prevent hoarding of petroleum products
“Any marketer found wanting in the sale of petroleum products, including the NNPC retail outlets would be sanctioned appropriately.
“There will be no sacred cows as the corporation is working round the clock by supplying sufficient petroleum products to marketers to ensure that Nigerians enjoyed a yuletide season without pain.
“We must all make sure that petroleum products get across to Nigerians at the regulated price, especially as the yuletide season approaches.
“We have enough products and we want to plead with the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) not to be involved in the diversion of petroleum products in order to avoid causing untold hardship to motorists.”
It said the Managing Director of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mrs Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, said defaulters would be sanctioned.
“The DSS and EFCC will arrest any marketer involved in sabotaging government’s effort in making petrol available to Nigerians,” the statement said.
“We have invited the EFCC and DSS to join us in this campaign of monitoring the movement of petroleum products and they have our mandate to sanction any errant marketer, enough is enough.”
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