IPMAN Wants Stronger Downstream Sub-Sector

The Independent Pe
troleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has called on its members to focus more on reviving the downstream operations of the petroleum sector.
The association’s directive was contained in a communiqué issued after the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos last Wednesday and obtained by The Tide from IPMAN Zonal Office Port Harcourt and signed by Alhaji Danladi Pasali, the Special Assistant Media to the factional IPMAN national chairman, Aminu Abdulkari.
IPMAN said the association imperative focus on reviving the downstream sub-sector of the petroleum industry followed the global challenges in the sector, stressing that the aim was to improve the socio-economic growth of the nation than divisive politics.
He said the communiqué urged members of the association to embrace peace and unity  to move the association forward towards achieving desired goals.
He said IPMAN would ensure effective distribution of petroleum products across the country.
Pasali said IPMAN leadership under Aminu Abdulkari had appealed to warring members to be law abiding in the interest of national development.
According to him “we are appealing to all our members to be law abiding, prepare for the upcoming elections which will soon be conducted for eligible candidates who wish to vie for national, zonal and depots positions, as the case may be”.
Pasali said the association appeals to its members to carry on with their legal and normal business without the fear of anything other than to serve the association’s primary objective of supplying petroleum products throughout the country.
On the leadership tussle in the association, he said the tenure of Alhaji Aminu Abdulkadri as the association’s president would terminate on May 27, stressing that the current national executive has appealed the federal high court in Port Harcourt judgment that nuollified the Aminu Abdulkadri led national executive.

Philip Okparaji