Fuel scarcity No end in sight as marketers deny receiving N156bn from FG
The FG stated on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that the sum had been paid to
the marketers to ensure adequate fuel supply in the country.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)
Oil marketers in Nigeria have denied receiving a
subsidy payment of N156 billion from the Federal Government in order to
end the current fuel scarcity plaguing the country.
The
FG stated on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that the sum had been paid to
the marketers to ensure adequate fuel supply in the country.
However, as at 4.35 pm on Thursday, the Executive Secretary, Depot & Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), Odufemi Adewole, told Premium Times that none of its members and their counterparts in the Major Oil Marketers Association (MOMAN) had confirmed receiving any payment.
“The
money government said it was paying to marketers has not yet hit our
accounts. So, there is little we can do about the situation. The money
the Minister of Finance promised to pay us last February did not get
into our hands till about four or five weeks later,”Adewole said.
“If
all members are not getting the money today, it means we have to wait
till Monday. But, the truth is that nobody is going to call off the
strike till the money is paid,” he added.
Adewole
said further that no marketer was willing to take the risk of calling
off the strike only for the government to fail to pay the money.
The
marketers had forewarned the government that fuel would become scarce
if they were not paid the N256.2 billion debt owed them.
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