FUEL SCARCITY: NORTHERN GROUPS DEMANDS DISMISSAL OF NNPC BOSS

 

The Coalition of Concerned Northern Forum has handed down a 72-hour ultimatum to the Federal Government within which to sack all the management staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. 

The group handed down their four-point demands in a statement jointly signed by the chairman, Ibrahim Bature, and the Spokesperson, Abdulsalam Kazeem, in Kaduna on Sunday.

They also demanded that the Group Managing Director or the NNPC, Mele Kyar,i and the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, resign with immediate effect.

The group warned that failure for the government to meet their demands, would force them into mass action.

According to the group, the authorities concerned should not take their threat with levity. 

The group said, “NNPC in connivance with un-recognised, unlicensed or faceless importers and relevant agencies that has to do with importation of petroleum products are dragging us backward due to their deliberate errors.

“We, therefore, on behalf of the people of our region demand for the following within 72 hours

Identification of all households with such mentioned cases and adequate compensation paid to them for their damaged automobiles, machines and equipment within our region.