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March 17, 2021
A cross-section of Abakaliki residents has urged the Federal Government and Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agencies to urgently address the rising cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) known as cooking gas.
The residents made the appeal in separate interviews with newsmen on Wednesday in Abakaliki.
They lamented the steady rise in price of the product, adding that the average Nigerian family was finding it difficult to buy the commodity at its current price of N384 per kilogramme.
Messrs David Aluu and Chris Offor, cooking gas users, spoke to at a gas plant owned by GMPP Gas Resources Limited along Abakaliki-Enugu highway, explained that price of LPG has been on steady rise since December, 2020.
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The House of Representatives on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the controversy trailing the resuscitation of fuel subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as well as allegation bothering on the diversion of crude oil at Warri Refinery, in Delta State.
The House in-session who expressed displeasure over the myriad of challenges facing the shutdown of the dyfunctionality of the domestic refineries, mandated its Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to investigate the activities of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the operations of the haulage challenges, inadequate storage tanks affecting the Warri refining and petrochemical company in the bid to forestall the frequent shutting down of the refinery.
Reps probe alleged diversion of crude oil at Warri refinery
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By Levinus Nwabughiogu, Abuja
House of Representatives, Wednesday mandated its Committee on Petroleum (Upstream) to investigate an alleged diversion of crude oil meant for refining at Warri refining and petrochemical company in Delta State.
The Committee would also probe why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has allegedly failed, refused and or neglected to address the haulage challenges viz-a-viz inadequate storage tanks affecting the refining and petrochemical company to forestall the frequent shutting down of the refinery.
The resolution of the parliament was sequel to a motion titled “Urgent Need for the Re-Opening And Commencement of Operations of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company by Addressing the Haulage Challenges and Lack of Functional or Operational Storage Tanks Affecting the Refinery”, sponsored by Hon. Ben Rollands Igbakpa representing Ethiope Federal Constituency of Delta
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