DSS Attempts To Resolve Fuel Crisis

The Department of State Services (DSS) has opened up about its reasons for trying to end the fuel crisis challenging the nation.

Nigerians still use  strenuous methods to obtain fuel as it is still scarce till date and despite the fact that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has reassured that the fuel scarcity will come to an end, the situation has continued.

On Thursday, the secret police had a meeting with marketers and other stakeholders in the oil sector.

It was further reported  that DSS gives NNPC, oil marketers 48 hours to resolve fuel scarcity.

The DSS spokesman disclosed that the NNPCL expressed its commitment to liaise with depot owners under the aegis of DAPMAN in order to sell to marketers at former depot price.

He added that NNPC disclosed that it had about 1.9bn liters of fuel in stock, which will last beyond the period of Yuletide with a view relieving Nigerians from the present anguish.

“We’re not saying it is sabotage, but if it comes to economic sabotage, we will rise to the occasion. At the meeting, everybody was frank. NNPCL stated that there is sufficiency of fuel. But why the scarcity? We however resolved as follows”

“We hereby give 48 hours ultimatum to all the stakeholders to ease off all the bottlenecks. We will, as a matter of urgency, carry out operations if any person or stakeholder decides to be obstructive. We are sounding a note of warning to all obstructive tendencies. It won’t be business as usual.

“We will alert our State and zonal commands to begin operations overtly and covertly, and start enforcement after 48 hours if the problems persist.”

The stakeholders at the meeting included officials of MOMAN, DEPMAN, IPMAN, NNPC, NARTO, NUPENG and PTD.