The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on Monday threatened to join forces with other stakeholders to join forces and take action against the current fuel scarcity being experienced across the country. The association said there was no justification for Premium Motor Spirit PMS otherwise known as petrol to be selling for inflated prices, thereby subjecting the masses to further difficulties across the country.
Marketers, Retailers Are Behind Ongoing Hardship, Fuel Scarcity – Nigerian Petroleum Workers, PENGASSAN Threatens To Take ActionThe association said there was no justification for Premium Motor Spirit PMS otherwise known as petrol to be selling for inflated prices, thereby subjecting the masses to further difficulties across the country.
In a statement issued on Monday by Dr. Jerry Amah, PENGASSAN's Senior Assistant General Secretary, Research and Development/ Media and Communication, the association said its recent research revealed that there was over 30 days’ PMS sufficiency in the country; hence there was no basis for the current scarcity and hardship that Nigerians were being subjected to.
"The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria empathises with Nigerians on the hardship currently faced with the scarcity and drastic hike in the price of PMS. "Even though we have some good marketers who tend to play by the rules, others who are overbearing have deployed methods of creating artificial scarcities in other to hike the price of the product uncontrollably as the prices of the product now sell between N185 to N400 depending on your location and outlet.
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