IPMAN Blames Bunkerers For PH Refinery’s Low Production

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has blamed the almost paralised state of production activities at the Port Harcourt Refinery on the activities of oil bunkerers.

The president of the association, Prince Sunny Nkpe, who said this in a press briefing in Port Harcourt said that IPMAN will be collaborating with the security agencies to fight the activities of bunkerers and pipeline vandals.

Prince Nkpe regretted that the activities of illegal oil bunkerers and pipeline vandals have not only grounded the refinery, but the economy of the nation.

He said that urgent attention must be taken  to check the hoodlum or the nation’s economy  to a halt.

According to him, IPMAN is leaving no stone unturned to check the menace with the view to ensuring that it is eradicated or reduced to the bearest minimum.

Prince Nkpe also said that the association has planned a sensitisation programme round the communities, since the communities also suffer from the environmental effect of illegal oil bunkering and pipeline vandals.

He lamented the negative environmental effect of the situation and urged the people to rise up to defend their environment from destruction.

The IPMAN chairman also urged the perpetrators to have a rethink in the interest of the society.