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.

NAWOJ     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ilorin East     Tinubu Legacy Forum     IESA     Aminat Ahmed     Kwara State Pension Board     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Age AbdulKareem     Bisi Kristien     Bola Sagaya     Plat Technologies     Budo Egba     Segun Adeniyi     Fatimoh Lawal     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Shuaib Jawondo     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Jalala     Femtech     Kola Ologbondiyan     Al-Hikmah Radio     Segun Abifarin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Zainab Abass     Turaki Of Ilorin     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Haliru Dantoro     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Emmanuel Bello     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Binta Sulyman     Bamidele Adegoke     Apaokagi     Peter Obi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Solomon Edoja     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Tsado Manman     Labaeka     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Sheriff Shagaya     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oniye     Balogun Gambari     Amuda Aluko     Just Event Online     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Erubu     Goodluck Jonathan     Makama Of Kaiama     Lawal Jimoh     Offa Metropolitan Club     Harmony Holdings     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     GGDSS Pakata     Orisun Igbomina     Islamic Development Bank     Saliu Alamoyo     Tafida     Quran     Magaji Erubu     Kola Olota     LABTOP     Alanamu     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Tunji Arosanyin     QuickWin     Tinubu     LEAH Charity Foundation     Hassan Saliu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Segun Olawoyin     Kwara Apc     Yusuf Abdulwahab     CLAY POT     Kwara Consultative Forum     KW-GIS     S.O. Opowoye     Kale Belgore     Abatemi Usman     Laolu Saraki     Umar Gunu     Wasiu Odewale     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Funmilayo Oniwa     Medview Airlines     Olaitan Adefila     Osi     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Senate     Dankaka     Ohoro Of Shao     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Zulu Gambari     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Age AbdulKareem     Ekiti     AIT Ilorin     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Shoprite     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Adeleke Ogungbe     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Mary Arinde     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Okiki     Adijat Adebiyi     Lanre Jimoh     Wole Oke     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Lanre Aremu     Alaiye     Sarah Jubril     Taofik Mustapha     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Otoge     Oke-Ode     Gamji Members Association     Wahab Egbewole     Garba Ado Sanni     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kwara United     Mohammed Halidu     CCT     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Tanke Flyover Bridge     COVID-19 Palliatives     Ahmed Dankaya     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Oke-Ero     Maigida     Sabitiyu Grillo     SUBEB     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Ajuloopin