Nneka Nwogwugwu
Civil society organisations in Rivers State have
announced their plan to embark on a protest on
Wednesday over the fuel scarcity situation in Port
Harcourt, Rivers State.
Chairman of the CSOs in Rivers State, Mr Enefaa
Georgewill, in a statement made available to
NatureNews on Sunday, called on the Nigerian
National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL) to
provide fuel in federal government depots.
The statement read in part, “We use this medium to
call on all our CSO affiliates, trade unions, traders,
professionals, students and everybody to prepare
for a protest next Wednesday 25th January 2023 by
9am at Isaac Boro park.
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“The NNPC which is the sole importer of fuel in
Nigeria has failed to provide fuel for the federal
government depots in Rivers state but rather supply
fuel to private depots that is selling to Rivers people
at throat-cutting price of between N280 and N350
per litre.
“What is most annoying is that NNPCL is supplying
fuel bought by the federal government with tax
payers` money to these private depots instead of
government depots.
“To be clear, NNPC is supposed to, through its
depots, sell to marketers at N148 while the
marketers will in turn retail to Rivers people at
N165 per litre.
“The question now is why is the NNPCL hellbent in
distributing to the private depots rather than the
NNPC depot in Okrika and Eleme axis of Rivers
State?
“We call on the NNPCL to immediately make
available fuel in federal government depots in
Rivers State or face mass action.”
