NNPC To Establish More Mega Stations
Emmanuel Ibe kachikwu, the minister of state for Petroleum said that the federal government was working out plans for the Nigeria National petroleum Corporation (NNPC)to establish more mega petrol stations.
He made this known at a news conference in Abuja, The Nation reports.
The minister did not, however, disclose the number of stations that the government is planning to build saying: “Definitely, there are many fillings stations we were trying to develop working with the governors in terms of land, local government areas. The idea is to be able to expand our wings in crisis period. Some of that is going to come with Joint Ventures with some filling stations, which are willing to do JVs with us and so the 800 are not going to be built anew.”
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The minister urged petrol marketers selling fuel above the official pump prices to revert to the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPORA) prices.
Kachikwu said: “I have asked DPR to oil up their enforcement machine because they are not doing it as much as I want it to happen. And we are going to have security agencies if any filling station is found to be selling products above the pump price. We are going to seal those stations. We are going to sell the products for free. We will seal the stations and we are not going to reopen them until three months.”
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The minister noted that the federal government had been lacking in the implementation of official petrol prices compliance in the hitherland but vowed that government would ensure that there is full compliance with pump prices in the rural areas.
“I agree that we have not done enough in terms of hinterland protection. And I believe we need to do more because the frequency of these practices is more in the hinterland. And unfortunately those are the ones who even lack the resources to pay that kind of prices so we need to do more work," he said.
Source: Legit.ng
