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that the DPR taskforce team, during a surveillance exercise, shut down a total of 103 filling stations, 13 gas plants in Lagos for operating without valid licences.
However, Cardoso said the DPR decided to permit the owners of the petroleum products retail outlets to reopen for business following interventions by industry stakeholders.
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He admitted that the regulatory agency had met with representatives of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) over the issue.
“The affected operators have been given a three months window for the renewal/regularisation of their operating licences within the zone,” Cardoso said.
Marketers hail inclusion of PEF in document, CISLAC urges presidential assent
The Niger Delta Congress (NDC) has picked holes in the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying it came as “one legislation too many, aimed at purloining the resources of Niger Delta.”
In a statement yesterday by its acting spokesman, Ovunda C. Eni, the group said the “disappointing news” did not come to it as a surprise.
The NDC regretted the “laissez faire attitude of some Niger Delta leaders”, claiming that a bulk of them exhibited “treachery and criminal passivity to the contents of the bill.” x
The body observed: “Notwithstanding the absence of surprise, we find it contemptible and an act of aggression. We also take note of the treacherous active and passive roles played by the political leadership of the Niger Delta in the facilitation of this disrespect to our people. This, we find embarrassing and sad.
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NECA urges truce to stave price hike
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday, dismissed the threat on Sunday by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) to shut fuel stations nationwide today as empty.
NUPENG’s General Secretary, Olawale Afolabi, in a chat with The Guardian, said no one was shutting down any filling station. He assured the public of continued sale of petroleum products nationwide.
“No one is shutting down any filling station. It is an empty threat. The public is assured of continued regular sale of petroleum products across the country please,” Afolabi stated.
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