NEWSKwara sets up task force to address fuel scarcity

Date: 2017-12-22

Worried by the impact of fuel scarcity on people of Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the constitution of a task force on the control and sale of premium motor spirit (PMS) in the State.

Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who made this known in a statement on Thursday, said that the fuel crisis had reached a disturbing dimension as only a negligible number of filling stations in the State now have and sell the product.

Alhaji Gold noted that in order to arrest the situation and to prevent further hardship on the people, it became expedient State government set up a task force to monitor the unwholesome activities of hoarders and black marketers that have aggravated the problem.

According to the statement, the task force is to among other functions, identify all bottlenecks to the free flow/supply of PMS and other petroleum products and find immediate solutions to them.

It will also detect all petrol stations, marketers and their agents who have become a cog in the free flow of petrol and bring them to book, and ensure that all products being hoarded are dispensed to the public with immediate effect.

The statement said that the taskforce will liaise with the NNPC Depot at Oke-Oyi for joint patrol towards breaking the syndicate involved in petroleum products hoarding and bring the culprits to book.

Additionally, the task force will put all machinery in motion to ensure immediate uninterrupted supply of petrol and allied products across the State to ensure a smooth Christmas and New Year celebrations.

According to the statement, the State Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperatives, Alhaja Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa is to chair the task force, while the Director Special Services, Alhaji S.B Mohammed will serve as Secretary.

Special Adviser to the Governor on Security; Alhaji Amusa Bello, Special Adviser, Emergency; Alhaji Musa Abdullahi, Senior Special Assistant, Security Intelligence, Alhaji Abdulsalami Bolakale and Chairman of the State's Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Okanlawon Olanrewaju are members of the task force.

Other members are State Chairmen of Petroleum Tankers Drivers and representatives of the State Commissioner of Police, Director of State Security Service and Representative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

3MTT     Temi Kolawole     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Owo Arugbo     Babata     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     KW-GIS     Rafiu Ibrahim     SWAN     Abdulhakeem Amao     Tafida Of Kaiama     Seni Saraki     Abdulfatai Baakini     Presidential Election     Shagari     Okasanmi Ajayi     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Ekweremadu     Shao     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Yetunde Balogun     Mufti Of Ilorin     Tosho Yaqub     Omu Aran     Abdulraheem Olesin     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Okedare     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Raymond Olaitan     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Yusuf Badmus     Kamaldeen Gambari     Abubakar Aliagan     Abdulkareem Alabi     Dele Belgore     Lai Gobir     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Yemi Osinbajo     Kunle Akogun     AbdulGafar Tosho     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Jaigbade Alao     Admiralty Villa     Paul Odama     Ayo Opadokun     A.O. Belgore     Clara Nwachukwu     Woro     Abubakar Suleiman     GGDSS Pakata     General Hospital, Offa     Sulyman Tejidini     Kwara 2015     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     KwaraLearn     New Nigeria People’s Party     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Public Holiday     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     KWATMA     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Mufutau Olatinwo     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Riskat Opakunle     Kola Olota     Niyi Ogundiran    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Femtech     Egbejila     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Simeon Ajibola     Saidu Kawu     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Logun     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Bond     Okanlawon Taiwo     Hijab     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Roheemat Hammed     Olateju Lukman     Abdulkadir Orire     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Oyawoye     Haliru Yahaya     IEDPU     Just Event Online     Jawondo     Arca Santa     AbdulRahman Saad     Jumoke F. Ajao     Adanla-Irese     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Minimum Wage     Adedipe     Wahab Abayawo     Isin     Principal Private Secretary     PharmAccess Foundation     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Mohammed Abdulahi     Gambari     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Funmilayo Mohammed     Lai Mohammed     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Yakub Ali-Agan     Aminu Adisa Logun     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Saliu Tunde Bello     Eruku     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Issa Baba     A.O. Belgore     David Oyedepo     Bareke     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Ibrahim Gambari     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Kale Bayero     MATTA Girls Foundation     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Moshood Mustapha     Shuaib Olarongbe     Haliru Dantoro     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Binta Abubakar Mora     Taiwo Joseph     Raymond Olaitan     NITDA     Saidu Yaro Musa     IESA     Akanji     Bankole Omisore     Oba Abdulraheem     S.O. Opowoye     Anilelerin     Ibrahim Taiwo