Filling Station Explains Fuel Price Reduction …Sells N139 Per Litre

A petrol station operating
in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Prosperous Oil and Gas Limited, has explained that its aim of reducing the cost of premium motor spirit to N139 from N145 per litre was to lighten the burden on consumers.
The Group Managing Director of Prosperous Oil and  Gas Limited, Mr Abiodun Isinkaye, explained on Friday that the gesture was in favour of the consumers because of the hardship they suffered during the period of extreme fuel scarcity in the state.
He promised that the reduction in the price of PMS to N139 per litre which started with the company’s headquarters in Calabar would be extended to other stations owned by the company across the country, adding that apart from reduction in price, customers who patronize the stations would also be given some gift items.
He said that following the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government, there had been steady supply of the product to the Calabar depot.
“Subsidy removal is a welcome development. No nation can survive subsidizing petroleum products. Unfortunately, most of the fuel subsidized by the government is not consumed by Nigerians and this is a big waste,” he stated.
He said in the past, hundreds of trucks that loaded from Calabar depot found their  ways out of country, and noted with joy that the situation has changed with the subsidy removal.
“The bulk of the product which was subsidized by government found their way out of the country. The field is now level for those who genuinely need to invest. Now I am coming down to N139, another can go below,” he said.
In his own remarks, the Managing Director of Basol Petroleum Limited, Mr Bassey Sunny-Abang, who also reduced the price from N145 to N139 per litre,  said the removal of subsidy on PMS had brought about sanity in the depots.
He said the quantity of tankers loading the product from Calabar depot had dropped since the removal of subsidy and commended Federal Government for the courage to do away with subsidy.