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IPMAN refutes claims on N1bn paid to PPMC
The chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Kano branch, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam, has refuted claims that over N1 billion was paid for petrol by its members and the products have not been delivered since October 2021.
Recall that the chairman, IPMAN, Lagos Satellite Depot, Ejigbo, Mr Akin Akinrinade made the claim while speaking with journalists in Lagos on Monday.
However, speaking to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday, Danmalam said the claims about the N1 billion paid to Pipelines and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) was baseless as there was no iota of truth about it.
He, therefore, challenged all those making such claims to bring out relevant receipts for the payment of such money to enable the union to take up the matter.
He recalled that in about February 2021 following the outbreak of COVID-19, the NNPC introduced customer express whereby payments for purchase of product were done online and the NNPC then set up a committee which ensured that all those with tickets paid manually were given the product.
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“I was a member of that committee that supervised the supply of the product to those marketers who paid manually before the introduction of customer express.
“So,we should stop politicising the issue of petroleum business. To my knowledge the only products not delivered by the NNPC is on the recent payments made.
“NNPC has since stopped collecting money from marketers except through the customer express when it’s sure of having the products in any depot across the country,” Danmalam said.
He, therefore, called on the Federal Government to prevail on management of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to ensure that all private depot owners sell the product at the approved Government price.
According to him, the failure by the Management of NMDPRA under the leadership of Faruk Ahmed Maishanu to check the excesses of private depot owners, was responsible for the flagrant and indiscriminate increase of the ex-depot price.
He said the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari should even be commended for the recent upward review of petroleum products transporters freight rate as the gesture was aimed at checking the challenges associated with the transportation of petroleum products across the country.
Danmalam said unless and until the NMDPRA ensure private depot owners sell the product at the approved government price, they would continue to dispose of the commodity at higher price.
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Breaking: Court Drops Charges Against Minors
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the charges brought against a total of 119 #EndBadGovernance protesters.
All 119 protesters were arraigned on Friday, November 1 on charges bordering on Treason felony, inciting to mutiny, among others.
The defendants were arraigned in two batches at the previous proceeding.
The first batch comprised a total of 76 protesters which included 32 minors and the second batch a total of 43 protesters.
The trial judge, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, struck out the suit following an application by the counsel to the Attorney General of the Federation, M. D Abubakar, to take over and discontinue the matter.
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NNPP Crisis: Assembly Members Deny Factional Differences
By Salisu Baso
As the crisis erupted within Kano’s ruling party NNPP, with some members calling for the governor to stand independently, the Kano State House of Assembly has denied knowledge of any of its members being involved in the rifts.
The Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Lawan Hussain, representing Dala Constituency, revealed this to newsmen in an interview with journalists over the publication of an online newspaper, Daily Nigeria, stating that some members of the NNPP in the House have joined the factional crisis.
He described the news as a fabricated and mischievous story from unpatriotic elements planning to destroy the peace reigning within the party. He said that as far as the members of the House are concerned, there are no conflicts between the governor and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
The Majority Leader therefore assured the party parliament members of their solid support for the leader of the Kwankwasiyya and state governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, adding that the governor considers Senator Kwankwaso his mentor.
On the issue of some party members calling for the governor to be independent (Tsaya da Kafar Ka), Hon. Dala said the governor is operating independently without interference from any person. He therefore accused some opposition politicians from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, of sponsoring unpatriotic people to ignite a crisis in the state with a view to disrupting the government’s development initiatives.
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Breaking: Tinubu Orders Release of Minors Arrested Over Endbadgovernance Protest
President Tinubu Orders release of all minors who participated in the Endbadgovernance protest .
The minister of information and national orientation Muhammad Idris stated this to state House correspondents.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents, on Monday.
The Minister was flanked by the Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy; Sunday Dare, Special Adviser on Public Communications and orientation.
Idris stated that the President has instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to begin the process of securing the minors’ release without delay.
“The President has directed that all minors be released on the and also reunited with their families anywhere they are in the country. A committee has been set up to look at the issues surrounding their arrest, detention and release. All the law enforcement agents related to the case will be investigated and anyone found wanting will be brought to book,” he said.
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