The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Enugu depot, has warned that petrol may cost more in the South-East.

It said this is because the Federal Government failed to reactivate the Emene depot.

The Chairman of Enugu depot of the association, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Friday.

Anyaso said that petrol might be sold for N170 in the South-East because of the cost of delivering the products at the stations in the zone.

Anyaso said that the depot had been lying moribund since 2005.

He was reacting to the increase in the pump price of petrol and the challenges faced by marketers in the zone.

He said the depot was strategic to the national economy, adding that it was serving Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, parts of Imo, Abia, Cross River and North-Central, including Benue State.

The IPMAN chief described the cost of transporting products from Lagos, Warri, Benin, Calabar and other locations as huge.

According to him, marketers do not get their equalisation fund as and when due.

He said that marketers in the zone were incurring huge losses due to incessant road crashes and spill involving their trucks as a result of the poor state of the roads.

“We want to use this opportunity to renew our appeal to the federal government to repair the Emene depot in Enugu so that our members can start loading products from here.

“This depot has been shut down for over 15 years due to what they called pipeline vandalism.

“Our members are suffering and the people of the South-East and other areas that source products from the depot are suffering.

“For instance, the ex-depot price has been increased to N151.56, we will have to pay additional N14 for transportation and other expenses per litre depending on where we loaded before it is discharged in our stations.

“That will not be the case, if the product is pumped to the depot in Enugu and lifted from there, it will be much cheaper for us and enable us to sell between N160 and N162 per litre.

“We are ready to work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on the security of pipelines. And fixing the Enugu Depot will also help a better-deregulated sector, which the federal government is pursuing,” Anyaso said.

He called on members of the association in the zone to continue to provide quality services to the people to the best of their ability.

(NAN)

Source: https://punchng.com/petrol-may-cost-more-in-south-east-ipman/

Igbo leaders between 2005-2015 when PDP held sway will be the first to receive blames here.
Fuel depot in Enugu that serves SE zone had been moribund ever since 2005, but nothing was done to return it to full capacity, until you guys exited the scene in 2015. The large Igbo populace will now blame Buhari for this predicament, not knowing where the rain actually began to beat them.

It still doesn't absolve Buhari from his responsibility of cartering for all Nigerians and bringing that depot back to life or situate a new standard depot in Anambra, Abia or Ebonyi.


By the way, SE leaders during PDP days were scum International Airport zero, Niger bridge zero, this one zero, federal roads in the zone; zero.

We need to change our orientation that produces those who represent us in the federal level, and task ministers appointed from our zone to represent us well and leave lasting legacies in our zone.

Las las, Stella Oduah, Pius Anyim, big shame on you lot. Only Onyebuchi Chukwu had any iota of sense and patriotism in him.

Nonsense. What happened to northern Nigeria?

Opportunists

even if common magi high reach 1000 na all of us go dey suffer am,both idiot wey vote Buhari and innocent wey no vote him,,

muykem:
Nonsense. What happened to northern Nigeria?

Please read

No problem. Since those Ipob riff Raffs do brag that there are no poor people in the east, they can sell to them at N500 per liter. No one cares

That will not be the case, if the product is pumped to the depot in Enugu and lifted from there, it will be much cheaper for us and enable us to sell between N160 and N162 per litre.

This Country Yeye , everyday things gets worse , and someone say it will get better tomorrow... make I hear ...

Anything to make the life of the “5 percenters” more difficult ba??
We shall all die one day and be judged.

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flyingpig:
Igbo leaders between 2005-2015 when PDP held away will be the first to receive blames here.
Fuel depot in Enugu that serves SE zone had been moribund ever since 2005, but nothing was done to return it to live until you guys exited the scene in 2015. The large Igbo populace will now blame Buhari for this predicament, not knowing where the rain actually began to beat them.

It still doesn't absolve Buhari from his responsibility of cartering for all Nigerians and bringing that depot back to life or situate a new standard depot in Anambra, Abia or Ebonyi.


By the way, SE leaders during PDP days were scum International Airport zero, Niger bridge zero, this one zero, federal roads in the zone; zero.

We need to change our orientation that produces those who represent us in the federal level, and task ministers appointed from our zone to represent us well and leave lasting legacies in our zone.

Las las, Stella Oduah, Pius Anyim, big shame on you lot. Only Onyebuchi Chukwu had any iota of sense and patriotism in him.

It's easy to apportion blame and make random deductions. The real question is "why now?". if the depot has not been working since 2005 as pointed out, why has the price not been different in South East in the past?

flyingpig:
Igbo leaders between 2005-2015 when PDP held away will be the first to receive blames here.
Fuel depot in Enugu that serves SE zone had been moribund ever since 2005, but nothing was done to return it to live until you guys exited the scene in 2015. The large Igbo populace will now blame Buhari for this predicament, not knowing where the rain actually began to beat them.

It still doesn't absolve Buhari from his responsibility of cartering for all Nigerians and bringing that depot back to life or situate a new standard depot in Anambra, Abia or Ebonyi.


By the way, SE leaders during PDP days were scum International Airport zero, Niger bridge zero, this one zero, federal roads in the zone; zero.

We need to change our orientation that produces those who represent us in the federal level, and task ministers appointed from our zone to represent us well and leave lasting legacies in our zone.

Las las, Stella Oduah, Pius Anyim, big shame on you lot. Only Onyebuchi Chukwu had any iota of sense and patriotism in him.

So since PDP failed.. Buhari must failed too. This is comparison that makes me hate politics in Niberia. How can a normal person be talking. Like this? PDP failed we vote them out and APC even worse.

I remembered one idiot too that said people that died in buhari government is not up to Jonathan tenure.

Seriously some Nigeria youth are always behave like Animals

Hahahaha....am not surprise but am certain that dis too(hardship) shall pass.

This sounds funny

that one is normal, Igbo politicians are zombies, anything negative from the federal government always starts from the East because they don't have people who can defend them.

I live in the South East, Abakaliki to be precise.

I bought fuel today at N160/litre.

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Jjj

...but Why is this government wicked like this? This is getting to much, especially to the area that produces the crude oil for processing.