IPMAN Tasks FG On Marketers Subsidy Claims

The Independent Petro

leum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on the payment of marketers subsidy claims to avert scarcity of fuel in the country.

Mr Olumide Ogunmade, the Chairman, IPMAN, Western Zone, made the appeal in an interview in Lagos.

He expressed concern that that the ongoing strike by marketers if not checked on time, might lead to “another nationwide scarcity of petroleum products.”

“The ongoing strike by all arms of marketers in the oil and gas sector is not good for the socio-economic development of our nation,’’ he said.

The IPMAN boss also advised government to ensure that marketers who claimed subsidy money for fuel they did not import, were brought to book.

Ogunmade said government could go ahead to deregulate the petroleum sector, if that would ease the problem of importation of petroleum products.

We  recalls that Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMA), National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Jetty and Depots Owners Association of Nigeria have embarked on strike.

The strike, they said, became necessary to press home their demand for the federal government to pay their subsidy money.