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...For a better society... Wednesday, December 08 2004 Vol 13 No.44 News Editorial Politics Opinion Features The Arts Sports Education Business Money/Market Travels/Tourism Property/Environment Columnists View From America Fresh fuel scarcity hits Abuja, Asaba COSMAS EKPUNOBI, Abuja and CAJETAN MMUTA, Asaba AS fuel scarcity hits, Abuja, Asaba, the Delta State capital and some other parts of the North, the Senator Ibrahim Mantu led Palliative Committee yesterday opened a discussion with Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) and the Ministry of Transport on the ban on local jetty and removal of N1 equalization fund. The committee which expressed fears of spread of the scarcity to other parts of the country, however said it lacked the power to enforce the new fuel price of N49 per litre. Addressing journalists at the end of the committee’s crucial session yesterday, Senator Mantu noted that the ban on the use of the private jetty of the ministry of transport could plunge the country into a nation wide fuel scarcity. According to him, the committee had insisted the Transport Minister, Chief Abiye Sekibo, to explain what informed the closure of the private jetty by his ministry. The IPMAN was said to have embarked on strike over the withdraw of the equalisation fund. "My committee wants to take another look at the equalisation fund because you cannot have the equalisation and yet sell the fuel at your own price," he said. In Asaba, fuel scarcity yesterday spread to the area as there surfaced long queues in most filling stations which capitalised on the chaotic situation to raise the price of the product above the stipulated N49 per litre. The stations reverted to selling the fuel at N49 per litre after the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) closed down some stations for non-compliance. For several hours yesterday, motorists in the state capital had hectic time getting the commodity. A commercial motorcyclist told Daily Champion that he spent four hours in a filling station before he could purchase fuel. Although the cause of the scarcity could not be immediately established, it was however gathered that the long queues were aimed at hoarding the commodity allegedly by the independent petroleum marketers in the state. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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