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Thursday, 7 May 2015

Petrol Tankers Call Off Strike, Begin Lifting Fuel

Huge Gridlock have built up on roads leading into Apapa, Lagos, as petrol tankers begin lifting fuel after calling off their strike.
Petrol Tankers Call Off Strike, Begin Lifting Fuel
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN),in collaboration with the leadership of the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) in Lagos today begin to lift fuels after suspending their  planned industrial action over alleged non-payment of N20 billion debt owed them by major oil marketers.


Mr.Obafemi Thomas Olawore ,Executive Secretary, MOMAN  who made this announcement last week while briefing newsmen in Ikeja ,Lagos stated that  NARTO and PTD have started loading PMS for distribution to various outlets all over the country.
He confirmed that some of their members has started collecting their part of the N154 billion subsidy money released recently by the Federal Government, and hopeful that very soon all of them will collect.
‘We want to state that an aggregate subsidy arrears owed the marketers by the Federal Government stands at  N354.4 billion out of which the Federal Government has expressed concern over the fuel scarcity being witnessed in some parts of the country and has released the sum of N154.2bn as payment for fuel subsidy. Thus an outstanding debt of N200.2bn is yet to be paid.

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