Fears
that the Federal Government of Nigeria may increase the pump price of
petrol have been dismissed by the Federal Ministry of Petroleum
Resources.
Such fears and rumours of a possible increase in
the pump price of petrol have in recent times led to some marketers
hoarding the product.
The Ministry of Petroleum
Resources is appealing to oil marketers to refrain from hoarding
petroleum products, just as it is also appealing to members of the
public to refrain from panic buying.
The Department Of Petroleum
Resources, DPR, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
have also been directed to deal with those engaged in the hoarding of
petroleum products.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of
Petroleum Resources, Mr Danladi Kifasi, has assured the public that it
had made enough arrangements to guarantee the availability of petroleum
products in the entire nation. He also stated that neither the ministry
nor any of its parastatal had been given any instruction to activate a
new pump price as speculated.
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