Fuel scarcity: Marketers insist strike continues, denies receiving any money from govt

Members of the Depot and Petroleum
Products Marketers Association
DAPPMA say the strike action they are
currently embarking on will continue
despite cl
aims by the Federal
Government that N156bn was released
yesterday to offset some debts owed
them and end the persisting fuel
scarcity.
In an interview with Premium Times,
the Executive Secretary of DAPPMA,
Odufemi Adewole said that non of their
members in the Major Oil Marketers
Association (MOMAN), have received
the monies supposedly released
yesterday and that until the money hits
the accounts of all its members, they
will not call off the strike.
“The money government said it
was paying to marketers has not
yet hit our accounts. So, there is
little we can do about the
situation. The money the
Minister of Finance promised to
pay us last February did not get
into our hands till about four or
five weeks later. If all members
are not getting the money
today, it means we have to wait
till Monday. But, the truth is
that nobody is going to call off
the strike till the money is paid,”
he said.