”Hold private depot owners responsible for imminent fuel price increase”-IPMAN tells FG

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has alerted the Federal Government over the decision by some unpatriotic private depot owners to raise prices of the product in order to cause fuel crisis in the country.

Kano IPMAN Chairman , Alhaji Bashir Danmallam, made the accusations in a statement issued in Kano on Friday and sent to Solacebase.

The statement accused some of such private depot owners of increasing the price of the commodity from N148 per litre to between N153 and N155 per litre since last Friday.

‘’The association found it necessary to alert the Government in order not to blame its members in the event they increase the price of the commodity as they would not sell the product at loss, ‘’said the statement.

“IPMAN is accusing some private depot owners of trying to sabotage the Federal Government by unilaterally increasing their prices despite the fact that the government has not raised the fuel pump price.

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“We are equally calling on the Management of the NNPC to investigate the issue as some of the private Depot owners have since last Friday jerked up the price from N148 per litre to between N153 and N155 per litre. We know it’s only the Federal Government that imports fuel not private depot owners” he said.

“As at this moment private depots in Warri, Calabar  Lagos and Oghara  have increased their prices. We hope the management of the NNPC will investigate and intervene,”  Danmalam alleged in the statement.

‘’He also accused the private Depot owners of trying to cause fuel crisis in the country by closing the depots as the end of the year is fast approaching in order to maximize profit.’’

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‘’He said the association would not fold its arms and allow such unpatriotic private depot owners to engage in unnecessary price increase while the public are always accusing their members of flagrant increase in fuel prices.’’