Petrol supply to Kwara drops, as black marketers surface in Ilorin

Date: 2021-11-09

Black marketers of petrol surfaced in parts of the Ilorin metropolis on Tuesday as they dispensed the commodity in Jerry cans to interested motorists and other consumers, National Pilot learnt.

Though some filling stations dispensed the commodity at the time of filing this report, it was reliably gathered that there had been shortfall in supply of PmS to Oke -Oyi deport since Monday, making many retailers suspend petrol sales.

Our reporter who went round the metropolis brings reports that some black marketers of petrol were spotted in some key locations in the capital city on Tuesday.

They sold their products in 10-litre Jerry cans at a price between N2,000 and N2,500 to motorists who could not stay in queues at filling stations. Speaking with our reporter on Friday, the state Secretary of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Oguntade Kayode confirmed truly that there was a shortfall in the supply of the commodity to Kwara, attributing it to artificial scarcity from Ibadan supply cluster.

"It is true there was a gross declined in the supply of premium motor spirit (PMs) to Kwara State. Ilorin deport is just a terminal and whatever the quantity of supply in Ibadan is proportionate to what we gets in Kwara. "The available petrol product at present in Kwara is not enough and outweighed the demand hence the scarcity experienced across the state in the recent time," Oguntade said.

He added that government is trying to put things in order toward increasing the supply as he urged motorist to stop panic buying ,saying the supply would soon be jackup.

"If you notice, some filling stations in Ilorin are still selling and dispensing the product to motorist, while some few have refused to sell. "We want to appeal to the people of Kwara State not to be distracted by the artificial scarcity and stop panic buying. Every thing will soon normalized, "he assured.

Another marketer who spoke on the condition of anonymity told our reporter that the partial scarcity in Kwara could be due to product hoarding by tank farm owners, as some of the tank farms recently increased their prices. "Petrol scarcity is likely going to happen because there is supply drop and some of the private tank farms have increased their prices from what we used to buy it before. We don't know what the cause is,"he said.

The source added that if the scarcity persist, there will be problem saying most of these tank farm sellers of petrol always feel sceptical about pushing out products towards the end of the month.

"Also, you know we are approaching the festive period of Christmas. So is like there is product hoarding on their part."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tafida Of Kaiama     Buhari     Idris Garba     Islamic Development Bank     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Bolaji Nagode     Ahmad Ali     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Obayomi Azeez     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Lateef Fagbemi     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     John Olobayo     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Unilorin     Ajike People Support Centre     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Government House     Mukhtar Shagaya     Jimba Babatunde     Saheed Akinwumi     All Peoples Party     Arik     Ibrahim Oniye     Tunde Yusuf     Kunbi Titiloye     Kisra     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     College Of Education     Apaola     Alabi Lawal     Moro     Amusement Park     Share     Tsaragi/Share     Otuka     Local Government     Idi-Ape     Alaaya     Funmilayo Zubair     Olugbense     Yusuf Aiyedun     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Usman Rifun     Tope Daramola     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Tosho Yaqub     CBT     Ifelodun     Ope Saraki     Aminu Adisa Logun     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Owo Isowo     Baba Issa Awoye     Abubakar Imam     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Belgore     Tuesday Assayomo     Ilorin General Hospital     Bamidele Adegoke     Bola Magaji     Asa LGEA School     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Abdullahi Atanda     Olatunji Ibrahim     Baakini     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Segun Abifarin     Owo Arugbo     Atiku     Kazeem Adekanye     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Umar Saro     Omotoso Musa     FERMA     Jamiu Oyawoye     Quareeb     Adebara     Moses Salami     Razak Atunwa     Ariyo     Tsaragi/Share     Magaji Nda     Abatemi-Usman     Timothy Akangbe     Makama Of Kaiama     Tunji Ajanaku     Ojo Fadumila     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Salman Jawondo     Woro     Kwara Basketball Association     High Court     Jide Oyinloye     Cornelius Adebayo     Yahaya Dumoye     Diagnostic Centre     Adanla-Irese     Plat Technologies     Transition Implementation Committee     Baba-Isale     Bashir Adigun     Mohammed Halidu     Gabriel Fashanu     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Jimoh Bashir     Temitope Ogunbanke     Lawan     Ahmed \'Lateef     Segun Olawoyin     Kwara State University Of Education     NIPR     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Yusuf Mubarak     Ayegbeni     Omu Aran     Adedipe     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Iyaloja-General     Baba Issa Awoye     Magaji Are     Akanji     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Sherif Shagaya     Dogara     Biliaminu Aliu     Quranic Recitation Competition     A.O. Belgore     Oloje     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ganiyu Taofiq     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Kola Bukoye     IF-K     Undergraduate Bursary     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     20 Billion Bond     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Issa Oloruntogun     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Laboratory-to-Product     Babata     Yomi Adeboye