Petrol scarcity: Kachikwu, IPMAN agree on major intervention measures.

Petrol scarcity: Kachikwu, IPMAN agree on major intervention measures.

 Dr. Ibe Kachikwu the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, and members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have reached an agreement which would see IPMAN play a major role in the distribution of petrol to the hinterlands and state capitals in Nigeria.

from the General Secretary of IPMAN, Mr. Danladi Pasali, It was gathered in Abuja that the meeting which led to the agreement was held on Tuesday.

Pasali said that parts of what was agreed at the Tuesday meeting included Kachikwu’s acceptance to grant fuel import allocation licenses to IPMAN members with capacity to import petrol; improve petrol supplies to IPMAN-operated filling stations, as well as provide credit facilities for reliable members of the association.

 Mr. Garuba Deen the spokesperson of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mohammed, confirmed to that the meeting held. He also confirmed some of the agreements that were reached at the meeting including Kachikwu’s mediation and settlement of the lingering differences in the association.

“We are happy to tell you that yesterday, we had a meeting with the minister,” Pasali said.

He further said: “What we agreed is that he has now seen the importance of working with IPMAN and he has now agreed to give massive products to IPMAN members nationwide and he has also agreed to issue out importation licenses to IPMAN members which had been the practice in the past.”