FUEL SCARCITY: We can't call off strike until our money is paid - Marketers

Members of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association DAPPMA has insisted that their strike action will continue despite the claim by the Federal Government that N156 billion was released on Thursday to oil marketers to facilitate the quick resolution of the current fuel crisis.

In an interview with Premium Times as at 4.35 p.m. on Thursday, the Executive Secretary of DAPPMA, Odufemi Adewole said that none of its members and their counterparts in the Major Oil Marketers Association(MOMAN), had confirmed receiving any payment.

''The money government said it was paying to marketers has not yet hit our accounts. So, there is little we can do about the situation. The money the Minister of Finance promised to pay us last February did not get into our hands till about four or five weeks later. If all members are not getting the money today, it means we have to wait till Monday. But, the truth is that nobody is going to call off the strike till the money is paid,'' he said.

Read more