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Association Decries NPA’s Eviction Policy
The leadership of Pe
troleum Product Depots Association of Nigeria (PPDOA) has decried the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) policy of evicting its members from their operational base in Lagos and Warri.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Monday, the Executive Secretary of PPDOA, Mrs Patricia Okereke said the Management of NPA evicted the Association members (local operators) from the Waziri Jetty in Lagos only to replace them with a foreign company, NIPCO Plc.
Okereke said six members of the Association had been evicted by the management of NPA which include Hensmor Petroleum, A-Z Petroleum, Energy Destination and AITEO.
She said NIPCO, a foreign company, is just one entity now taking over the jetty facility compared to six companies, stressing that NPA should be compassionate and considerate to Nigeria companies in order to create jobs for Nigerians.
She appealed to the Federal Government to prevail on NPA to allow its members return to the Jetty which served as a common user facility to the six tank farms.
The PPDOA scribe also alleged that the travails of the association members had resulted in the loss of millions of litres of petroleum products worth million of Naira and loss of employment opportunities of Nigerians.
She said the quick intervention of the federal government would boost the nation’s