Petroleum marketers give FG three days to address alleged exorbitant charges

Tankers load crude palm oil at Okomu Oil Mills, Okomu community in Edo State, midwestern Nigeria, on September 14, 2021. - Nigeria has began the process of revitalising the palm oil production, an initiative driven by the Central Bank of Nigeria as part of measures to create jobs,boost dwindling state revenues and diversify the economy which depended on crude oil earnings. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Lamenting the continued increase in dues and charges paid by its members to the regulatory agencies and others, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike in three days if the situation is not addressed.

South West Chairman of the union, Lamidi Tajudeen, gave the threat at the end of a meeting with tanker drivers and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo State.

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