PENGASSAN proffers solution to lingering fuel scarcity

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for rehabilitation of the refineries, depots and other oil and gas facilities to end the current round of fuel scarcity in the country.  PENGASSAN also expressed concern at the man-hours Nigerians spent on queues at fuel stations.  It said this when its […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called for rehabilitation of the refineries, depots and other oil and gas facilities to end the current round of fuel scarcity in the country. 

PENGASSAN also expressed concern at the man-hours Nigerians spent on queues at fuel stations. 

It said this when its leadership paid courtesy visits to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), the Petroleum Training Development Funds (PTDF), Petroleum and Pipelines marketing Company (PPMC) and the House of Representatives. 

Addressing the managements of the agencies and the legislators during the visits, PENGASSAN President, Comrade Francis Olabode Johnson, urged all stakeholders to proffer enduring and sustainable ways to end the persistent fuel crisis and prevent recurrence. 

 At PPPRA, Comrade Johnson said, “We want sustainable steps to be taken to end the persistent fuel crisis that has inflicted undue hardship on Nigerians. Let me reinstate our call for increased local refining by ensuring that the nation’s refineries work at maximum capacity. 

“Government should involve the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) in rehabilitation and repair of the refineries; our refineries are due for major expansion and ‘debottlenecking’ development of new strategies in ensuring adequate and sustainable crude supply to the refineries. Government should also fast track processes that will encourage private sector involvement in local refining. 

“We are equally calling on the Federal Government to rehabilitate and upgrade all depots in the country, while there is need to carry out an overhaul of all pipeline networks to ease distribution and supply of petroleum products.”