The Federal Government has ordered security agencies to arrest petroleum marketers who purposely hoard products to create the artificial scarcity currently being experienced.

This is even as oil marketers have been warned to desist from hoarding the product or risk being arrested by industry regulators who have been detailed for enforcement.

The order was disclosed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a statemnet issued on Monday in Abuja.

NNPC spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, who signed the statement said that the warning followed the uncovering of 144 oil tankers filled with petroleum products in Kano.

According to him, government has intervened in an industrial action embarked upon by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) over labour disputes with NECONDE Energy Services Ltd.

“NNPC warns marketers not to hoard products as law enforcement agencies, working with industry regulators, have been detailed to take appropriate measures against any defaulter.

“The Corporation further assures that there are enough petroleum products to keep the nation wet,” Ughamadu said.

He urged motorists and other consumers of petroleum products to resist the temptation to go into panic buying.

“NNPC wishes to state that relevant government agencies are in consultation with industrial unions to arrive at an amicable resolution of issues over which there are threats of industrial action,” he said.

The Federal Government has also waded into the matter, appealing to leaders of PENGASSAN to shelve its strike over the sack of workers by NECONDE Energy Services Ltd.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that queues, which eased some days back, have now returned at fuel stations in the Federal Capital Territory.

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Yes ooo they should be arrested and their filling stations confiscated instead ov being sealed and also d fuel should be served to customers free ov charge....what nonsense!!

∆ The instruction is useless... NNPC know them... Go to Makurdi ∆

If things were working fine in this country and the product excess and readily available. I see no reason why someone will be hoarding fuel. Becos if u hoard it and other people are selling u will be running lose.

But Nigerians are wicked in there own way and are quick to blame government. How can you hoard a product u bought far lesser to punish the people and sell times two.

na today?

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Nigerians are the Nigeria Problem

They are waiting for price hike

Nigeria: How Simple Became Complicated (HSBC)


NaturalRemedyLab just left

Back to the jungle and primitiveness.
What stopped barawo bubu and his 40 cabal thieves of the All Poverty Congress, APC from making sure there is enough fuel and refineries are repaired as promised while begging us to vote for them
This vision-less rogue should simply stop stealing money from NNPC with baru so the fuel can flow to the people.


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Buhari is working.


If this were to be GEJ tenure, Lai Mohammed would have released press statement telling us how clueless and incompetent the administration is and why we need to send them packing and the President must resign.

I bought their tricks that I voted the Messiah without certificate.

I'm sorry GEJ!!!

this is how d "arrest warrant " issued would be staring at FG .....u sure?

Scam

Arrest them all.. How can you hoard fuel so their will be scarcity only for you to sell at #250/L. The heart of a Nigerian man is desperately wicked

I see

Who owns the petrol stations? is it not the same politicians?

Baba God pls save us

Yes, they arrested in benin city edo state and later freed them to sell fuel

So it’s now marketers that re hoarding No longer panic buying by consumers and increase demand during winter periods??.confused bunch!

somebody should be made a scapegoat

Mcsenior:
Nigeria: How Simple Became Complicated (HSBC)

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Great approach. Drastic measures for the tough times..

tayo4ng:
somebody should be made a scapegoat

How about one of the All Poverty Congress, APC zombies


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The FG has successfully deflected the cause to hoarding. I wonder where these hoarder were 3 months ago and where is d storage capacity to hoard a product that is free flowing. Something is wrong somewhere and IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOARDING.

[font=Lucida Sans Unicode]It shall be well with us, these people want to make their money now since they have see that Buhari did not allow them to eat money through subsidy any more. [color=#990000][/color]

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This APC gangs are just so disgusting Who's in charge of marketing the fuel if not the same st of criminals

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∆ The instruction is useless... NNPC know them... Go to Makurdi ∆

My brother, Makurdi is the most affected town.. u need to see what's happening there, hoarding at it peak