Following the continued fuel scarcity in parts of the country for some months without end, the Amalgamation of Arewa Youths Groups (AAYG) has called for the sacking of Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum; Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited; and Mr Farouk Ahmed, the Managing Director of Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
The forum described them as saboteurs who have betrayed the trust of President Muhammadu Buhari and quest to leave a legacy of easy access to petroleum products without queues.
A statement issued by Comrade Abubakar Musa Ardo and Comrade Victor Duniya, Secretary and Spokesman of the group respectively, noted that during the previous scarcity in the early part of this year, both the NNPC and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) accused some major importers of importing high Methanolic contaminated Premium Motor Spirit, with the promise of bringing the said companies to justicThe statement lamented that till date, nobody has been punished for inflicting pain on Nigerians.
The statement regretted, “While Mr Farouk and his boys are sleeping or in active, independent petroleum marketers are selling PMS in most Northern states as high as N250.
This is against the National benchmark and highly subsidized rate of N165.”
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