THE Petroleum Products Marketing Company, PPMC, has urged oil marketers in the country to complement the federal government’s efforts at improving supply of petroleum products in the country. Umar Ajiya, managing director, PPMC, said the development would help in easing fuel supply and improve economic activities in the country.

At the opening of a mega retail outlet built by Emadeb Energy Services Limited in Lagos, he said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, should not be the sole importer of fuel, if the country wants to get over the fuel scarcity and its attendant long queue.

He urged members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMAN, and Major Oil Marketers Association, MOMAN, to improve importation and supply of fuel across the country. He said Emadeb has diversified its operation, by operating fuel depot and building retail outlets, advising other marketers to follow do so.

Adebowale Olujimi, group managing director, Emadeb Energy Services Limited, said the firm saw a vacuum in the downstream sub-sector and quickly filled it by building mega stations to supply fuel to motorists and other users.

– Oct 27, 2017 @ 14:58 GMT |