By Michael Eboh
LAGOS — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday blamed the persistent fuel crisis on the continuous vandalisation of the System 2B pipeline at Arepo, sharp practices by oil marketers and the delay in the payment of outstanding subsidy claims to the marketers.
nnpcThe NNPC in a statement in Abuja, after honouring the invitation of the Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, also stated that the Senate had given it a two-week ultimatum to end the fuel scarcity.
In a presentation to the Senate Committee, Managing Director of the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC, a subsidiary of the NNPC, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, stated that Nigeria has lost a total of 531 million litres of petrol valued at over N50 billion to pipeline vandals between January and September, 2015, at the problematic System 2B Pipeline network which stretches from the Atlas Cove in Lagos to Ilorin.
Nnamdi-Ogbue explained that the losses, which chiefly accrued from the incessant hacking of the pipeline at the notorious Arepo to Mosimi axis of the pipeline artery, have made the task of providing seamless flow of petroleum products to retail outlets more burdensome.
According to her, despite the challenge posed by the unavailability of the vital System 2B Pipeline network, the PPMC has continued to ensure that the country remains wet with petrol through massive truck-out from depots in Lagos, Oghara and recently Calabar.
She, however, noted that the spirited efforts made so far by the corporation to entrench zero fuel queues across the country are being hampered by the activities of some unscrupulous marketers involved in hoarding, sharp practices and diversion of petroleum products for sale in black markets across the country.
She said: “We view this as a distortion to the economy and we have invited the DSS and the EFCC to take action.”
Outstanding subsidy payments
Also speaking, Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment on the NNPC, Mr. Babatunde Adeniran, told the Senate Committee that the fuel situation was exacerbated by the inability of oil marketers to meet their import allocation quota due to outstanding subsidy payments, thus creating a gap which PPMC has been working round the clock to bridge despite the extraneous challenges like hoarding and incessant pipeline hacking.
While Jamila Shu’ara, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and leader of the delegation, emphasised the need to build strategic reserve stock of petroleum products akin to the national grain reserves across the country.
Senator Uche Ekwunife, Committee Chairman, who gave the Ministry of Petroleum Resources two weeks to ensure sanity in the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country, however, acknowledged the efforts made so far by the NNPC to ensure unimpeded fuel supply across the country.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/nnpc-blames-fuel-scarcity-on-vandals-unscrupulous-oil-marketers/

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the blame game begins

Ok

I was a strong member during the change campaign....and it will not cost me anytin to speak the truth when Sometin is going wrong.
We in nairaland we have the strength and the numbers to flog the current administration to go into shape...and that Is wat we must do...but we hav to wait for next year budget lets start from there may be dat is wat is making d buhari government so slow..
Nigeria must be great.

Commendable efforts.

And the blame game continues......


I wonder why hypocrites aren't in the streets protesting.

Just take a deep look at this face and tell me if he has an iota of clue in governance

I can only blame the NNPC body because fuel always goes scares every end of the year" it pains me that all those NNPC management boards gets more corrupt during harmattan season" by doing that, they bring up unnecessary reasons just to deceive people"

If to say na Buhari make d statement,he for say na Jonathan cause am.
I am sure if U ask Buhari why he is still unable to produce his non existent certificate,he will say it Jonathan or PDP.
And d funny thing is that his robots will swallow that hook,line and sinker.

A failure would always blame it on one thing or the other. vandalism for no fuel, no light, no gas, no jobs, cannot pay salaries, no water, no road, poor hospitals and schools, no security, corruption. FG, ABEG WETIN BE UNA WORK SEF?!

Solution please

Ok

Really ?


I thought it was Buhari


As some erdyots claimed

Lies and excuses everywhere. This is truly endtime.

Lolz...Sai NNPC...sai Baba

Govt of blaming

I THOUGHT THEY SAID, GEJ WAS LYING, #WATCHTHECHANGE

Is 50 billion the 430 billion the government is owning marketers??
They will always find where to apportion the blame.

Let's play the blame game I hate you!!
Let's play the blame game I love you!!
in John Legend's voice.
#theblamegame

I love that word unscrupulous

Blame fuel scarcity on booohari not vandals!

We knew that

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KK

Haha! .... This government is a fraud

my people, my people.

i hope you have seen the change you seek

end time blame


we all no who 2 blame

What's this rubbish all about??..dnt we Av commitees' to stop vandalism??..nor be dem fault...wen our tourist president z busy jetting around

they have started ooo

Ehen...shoroniyen? Who is supposed to secure the oil? These people are funny. I should go and catch the vandals?

Hmmmmm....

Okay o. This government is only good at two things, giving excuses and shifting of blames. When will they start taking responsibility and get to work.

worlexy:
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For mumu

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