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| FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:37pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers, NUPENG, on Monday in Abuja called on the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to intervene in the current fuel crisis in the country. Isaac Aberare, the NUPENG General Secretary, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the intervention of the minister was imperative to resolving the crisis. Mr. Aberare also called for the intervention of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Petroleum, Pricing, and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, and major players in the sector to tackle the scarcity. “It is the intervention of the minister that can adequately solve the problem. “She is the one who promised the marketers in February that in March, their outstanding subsidy amounting to N264 billion will be paid,” Mr. Aberare said. He said that the marketers had claimed that the amount of money being owed them was huge and this had been suffocating their businesses. The NUPENG General Secretary said that the marketers had also claimed that their cash was trapped such that they could not import the product unless they were paid. “It is when the money is released that they can import petroleum products; for us as a union, we have little or nothing to address the situation. “Our tanker drivers are not on strike; they are available to load the trucks but the product is not there for them to carry, so that is the situation,” he added. Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala had met with members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on February 23, and agreed to remove all bottlenecks in fuel imports. According to her, this includes the settlement of N100 billion before the end of March to banks, in order to avert fuel supply crisis. The minister had also met with officials of the Debt Management Office and members of the major oil marketers, to reassure them of the government’s commitment to sustained supply of petroleum products. The meeting followed the marketers’ claim that the recent devaluation of the naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), had imposed extra burden on their capacity to finance further fuel importation. The continued pressure from the falling crude oil price at the international market since July 2014, led to the devaluation of the naira in November 2014 from N155 to N168 to a dollar. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177804-fuel-scarcity-oil-workers-urge-okonjo-iweala-to-intervene.html |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by BeeBeeOoh(m): 8:40pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Naija which way nah  Okonjo Iweala pesin no folo u come |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by Firefire(m): 8:40pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
“Our tanker drivers are not on strike; they are available to load the trucks but the product is not there for them to carry, so that is the situation,” Nigeria, Cabals and selfish elements.  Only a matter of time... Never Again shall you be allowed to take us for a ride... Cabals, please enjoy your time while it last. GEJ till 2019. |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by politricks: 8:45pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Firefire:“She is the one who promised the marketers in February that in March, their outstanding subsidy amounting to N264 billion will be paid,” Mr. Aberare said. Why did you ignore this part 3 Likes |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:48pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Adamu Mumu Muazu bu onye ara oo. What the hoot was Mu'azu accusing APC of when It was GEJ and NOI owing subsidy money? Subsidy they should have removed under this low oil price but are playing politics with. This Govt is a joke at best and a tragedy every other time 3 Likes |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by Nobody: 8:52pm On Mar 02, 2015*. Modified: 9:14pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
Firefire:Can i shock you?v,Your clueless brother badluck ebele jona*daft is the leader of those cabals..so you have to remove him first before the others.... 3 Likes |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 8:56pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
politricks:Don't mind GEJITES and selective myopia. The same Cabal will continue until GEJ and PDP are booted out. cc: Lalasticlala, Ishilove, Maclatunji, Obinoscopy, OAM4J 1 Like |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by Firefire(m): 9:07pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
DR. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, it's high time you removed the cabals in our downstream oil sector  GEJ till 2019. 1 Like |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by alaoeri: 9:08pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
politricks:Don't waste your time quoting a sycophant, in other news GEJ has used the money meant for subsidiary payment to bribe & woo electorates. |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 9:13pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
alaoeri:In other words, fuel scarcity is here to stay. They did not calculate this when they postponed elections. The only way I will consider voting GEJ is if he can totally wipe out BH, raise Nigeria's electricity generation to 15,000MW, build at least two refineries and return our exchange rate back to N150/$. All these in 6 weeks because he was asleep on duty for over 5 years. |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by alaoeri: 9:19pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
LRNZH:This implies that you voting GMB which is a good choice because all what you stated GEJ can't achieve it in the next 4years especially electricity generation. |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by Firefire(m): 9:28pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
wakacome: 3 Likes
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| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by eaglechild: 9:59pm On Mar 02, 2015 |
[quote author=Firefire post=31242512][/quote]  That picture is hilarious 1 Like |
| Re: FUEL SCARCITY: Oil Workers Urge Okonjo-Iweala To Intervene by LRNZH(op): 12:12am On Mar 03, 2015 |
alaoeri:Of course. We need to set a precedence in Nigeria. Voting GEJ out is sending a message to our politicians that performance matters. Same thing will happen to GMB if he dares underperform by 2019. Otherwise our political class will only remain the lootocracy that it currently is. |
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