Blame NNPC for fuel scarcity, says PTD

The Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) Branch of
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG) has blamed the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the
fuel scarcity in some parts of the country.
PTD National Chairman Comrade Salimon
Akanni Oladiti, who spoke in an interview with
reporters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, said
oil marketers were not hoarding fuel.
“We are not conniving with anybody to make
Nigerians suffer for fuel. For some time now, we
have not been able to load at NNPC depot in
Apata, Ibadan and there is no hope of loading
in some other NNPC depots in the Southwest.
“Government is responsible for this problem,
because if they bring enough oil into the
country, we as distributors we are ready to sell
it out. It’s so sad that we are one of the largest
producers of oil, but we are still suffering from
scarcity,” he said
Oladiti added: “NNPC imports about 75 per cent
of the oil we are consuming in the country. The
remaining 25 percentage is for major
marketers.
“What the government is trying to tackle still
exist; corruption is still in the oil industry. There
is corruption and bribery at the oil depots and
you have to face this hurdle before you can
load your truck.”
He noted that government needs to find lasting
solution to incessant fuel scarcity, adding: “The
common man in the country is suffering.”
He urged the government to embark on
aggressive rehabilitations of roads and railway
networks