The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association
(DAPPMA) have denied ever embarking on any shut-down of
their depots and facilities.
In a statement on Tuesday the Executive Secretary of
DAPPMA, Mr. Olufemi Adewole, said that contrary to
the notion that they had shut down their depots, it was the
Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) arm of the Nigerian Union of
Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) and the
National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO),
which transports petroleum products that embarked on the strike.
He said the strike was caused by complaints of not being paid by
marketers.
Adewole said:
“We have maintained that we would sell and load all
petroleum products available to us even as delays in the
payments of our reimbursement have continued to
impede and adversely affect our operations. The
suspension in loading in the last few days has been due
to the strike embarked upon by PTD-NUPENG and
NARTO. These two bodies had refused to load out/lift
petroleum products for distribution from our depots,”
He described the allegation by the Managing Director of Capital
Oil, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah that DAPPMA member companies
embarked on a strike as completely false.
According to him, Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited does
not participate in the petroleum subsidy scheme having been
disqualified from the PSF scheme’ by the government regulatory
agency hence they do not import petrol.
“The company is not owed a kobo under the PSF
scheme as they cannot make any claim hence they do
not feel the impact of non-payment of subsidy
reimbursements, instead, the company stores petroleum
products for NNPC/PPMC under a through
arrangement as do a few other members of our
association,”
“We reiterate that since the unions embarked on this
action, we have been dialoguing with them to seek
amicable ways of resolving this logjam bearing in mind
its harrowing and debilitating impact on the Nigerian
public and the masses,”
He stated that at the Senate Petroleum Committee’s sitting last
Monday, that the situation between depot owners/marketers
and the Federal Ministry of Finance and all other
stakeholders have been resolved.

You were never on strike hehehe

What is he saying?

Can somebody help me pls

who then was on strike. Because it baffles reasoning that an administration that has kept a good record in managing fuel scarcity in Nigeria for years during its regime,suddenly became evil. Was there no plan to destroy that record and paint a bad image?