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Published 12 March 2021
Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Cross River State Chapter, Mr Robert Obi, has kicked against the proliferation of illegal fuel stations in the state.
He spoke when IPMAN paid a courtesy visit to the new Operations Controller, Department of Petroleum Resources, Cross River office, Mr George Ene-Ita.
Obi said that the process of being a petroleum product marketer and getting DPR licence was difficult and expensive, saying it was wrong for one to get all the certification only to see someone open an unlicensed and uncertified station beside their own.
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Zamfara chapter, has called on the Federal Government to make timely payment of their Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF).
The IPMAN Chairman in the state, Alhaji Surajo Kamba, made the call on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the recent fuel scarcity in Gusau, the state capital.
Kamba said that the payment of bridge allowances to their members would enable them to supply the products to every nook and cranny of the country in good time. x
He condemned the calls by some Nigerians for the scrapping of PEF under the Petroleum Industry Bill currently before the National Assembly.
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has advised the Federal Government to allow investors to take over the running of the country’s three refineries.
Alhaji Danladi Pasali, National Secretary of IPMAN, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
He spoke while reacting to a report that the pump price of petrol might likely get to N190 per litre and the price of crude oil hit 60 dollars per barrel in the international market. x
Speaking at the official launch of Nigerian Upstream Cost Optimisation Programme in Abuja, Minister State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva said with no provision of subsidy in the 2021 budget, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, cannot continue to bear the cost of under-recovery.
approve the deal. and let s find out more from the escort at the new york stock exchange yes these tariffs been in place for about a year now what does the u.s. gain from them. well i mean the basic idea was that big then china was flooding the market for example with cheap stealed sometimes diverting those some chipman through other countries to avoid tariffs and the united states was hoping to protect the domestic steel an industry trick has only worked so far i mean 1st of all if you look at the stocks of the big u.s. steel and medium producers of they have been quite depressed actually in the past 12 months and then also when you look at the u.s. industry costs have increased because some of those some higher tariffs on steel and aluminum so probably what the u.s.
tariffs been in place for about a year now what does the u.s. gain from. well i mean the basic idea was that big ben china was flooding the market for example with cheap stealed sometimes diverting those some chipman through other countries to avoid tariffs and the united states was hoping to protect the domestic steel an element industry trick has only worked so far i mean 1st of all if you look at the stocks of the big u.s. steel and aluminum producers of they have been quite depressed actually in the past 12 months and then also when you look at the u.s. industry costs have increased the because of those some higher tariffs on steel and so probably what the u.s. tried to achieve what washington tried to achieve did not really work out that well of course a lot of talk about a still glut in the coming years now yes stay with us because there was