The Anambra State Commissioner for Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Mr Anthony Ifeanya has called on the leadership of the Petroleum Dealers of Nigeria and Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Enugu Depot to guard against arbitrary hike in the pump price of petrol.
Making the call in his office at the Jerome Udoji Secretariat complex in Awka, while interacting with the leadership of the two sister Associations who were in his office, the Commissioner said that the essence of the event was to chart a new course for the holistic development of the Ministry and Anambra State as well.
Mr Ifeanya, a lawyer who described station owners in the State and their allied Petroleum Dealers as major stakeholders in the Ministry said he already has a rapport with them on the better ways to move the Ministry forward in the overall interest of the State by offering Ndi Anambra the best services required of them.
The Petroleum and Mineral Resources Commissioner urged them to maintain the current pump price of one hundred and sixty-five naira per litre and harped on the inherent dangers of adulterated Petroleum products, admonishing them against such practice.
According to him, the Ministry is waiting for Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s approval to constitute committees on surveillance and monitoring of the activities of the petroleum dealers in the State.
In their separate remarks, the Chairman, Petroleum Dealers Association of Nigeria, Anambra state Chapter Chief Obi Okafor and the Chairman Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Enugu Depot, Chief Chinedu Anyaso, attributed the recent slight increase in pump price of petrol to non-availability of the product in the country.
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