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NNPCL Owing Us ‘Almost ₦15 Billion’; We Haven’t Loaded A Single Truck Since Increased Pump Price—IPMAN Chairman, Garima

Abubakar Garima, National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has disclosed that Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, is owing IPMAN almost N15 billion.

Garima stated this on Thursday during a news program on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme.y

“Roughly now, they are owing us almost getting to N15bn,” Garima revealed.

NNPCL Owing Us 'Almost ₦15 Billion'; We Haven't Loaded A Single Truck Since Increased Pump Price—IPMAN Chairman, Garima

“Our money has been with the NNPCL for almost three months now. Either they sell for us at the same rate they are getting the product from Dangote Refinery or refund us so we can buy directly from Dangote Refinery,” he added.

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“We (IPMAN) have not loaded a single truck since the NNPCL increased its pump price,”Garima continued.

“Our money is already with the NNPCL. It has refused to give us the product we paid for and is asking us to complete the difference,” he lamented.

His comment came just after the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited adjusted the prices of fuel at its retail outlets in Lagos and Abuja.

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