FG should investigate NNPC depots over fuel scarcity - Kashamu

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The Senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has ‎urged the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depots across the country.


He said this during an empowerment programme of the Omo Ilu Foundation, held at Ijebu-Igbo, on Sunday, that the current fuel scarcity is artificially induced.


The lawmaker who is the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)‎ in Ogun State,explained
that many of the NNPC depots sell above the the official price to marketers.


Kashamu alleged that some officials of the Corporation asked independent marketers to pay the pegged price by government into a designated account and pay another difference of N30 to N35 per litre into private account or collect cash.

He said, "‎ I wish to implore the Federal Government to investigate the activities of the NNPC Depots across the country. I believe that the current scarcity is artificially induced. 

"There are allegations that even though the Federal Government has pegged the official rate fuel should be lifted; many of the depots sell above the amount. 

"They ask the independent marketers to pay the government approved rate into the officially designated account and another difference of between N30 to N35 per litre into other private accounts or they simply collect cash. 

"That is why the marketers sell above the official rate and when they are being pressurised to do so, they shut down their filling stations, saying they do not have fuel, and of course at the detriment of the masses. 

"I believe that if the relevant agencies of government question some of the marketers or trace the movement of funds from their accounts, they will get to the bottom of this issue and Nigeria will be the better for it.‎"

On the state of the nation's economy, the lawmaker,admonished Nigerians to exercise patience with the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, in improving the economy.

He added that Nigerians should criticise objectively as done by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and former former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, rather than resort to selfish and partisan interest.

He said, “President Muhammadu Buhari is on course. Why it looks as if there are some dislocations is because of the blockage of loose funds and sources of financial leakages in the system.

" I am persuaded that in a short while things will pick up. Nigerians should not allow politicians to deceive them.  We tend to play politics with everything. We forget that the elections or campaigns are over.

Now, we have a government in place. We should rise above selfish and narrow partisan interest and join hands to build our country by offering constructive advice just as some senior citizens like Prof. Wole Soyinka and Chief Emeka Anyaoku have done. 

"We have no other country than Nigeria. These eminent Nigerians have suggested that the Federal Government should organise a national economic summit and tap from the wealth of experience of the experts. Those are the kind of advice anyone that means well should give and not play politics with everything and pretend as if we are better when we are not.

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