Youth Leaders in Nigeria have lauded the efforts of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari and the Executive Vice-President, Downstream of the company, Adedapo Segun for their relentless roles in clearing fuel supply disruption.
The Ethnic Youth Leaders in a statement signed by their Spokesperson, Malam Kabiru, and Deputy Acting President NG Emmanuel, also said Kyari is committed to ensuring downstream energy stability in line with ‘Renewed Hope Agenda of President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Youth Leaders faulted the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for calling for the resignation of the NNPCL GCEO, saying he has been hard to ensure adequate supply and availability of fuel despite daunting challenges.
They urged the students to appreciate and support his efforts in addressing the energy challenges.
“Just when NANS is threatening mass protest NNPCL under Kyari has given Nigerians its words that the company currently has an availability of products exceeding 1.5 billion litres, which can last for at least 30 days.
“Like we and other Nigerians already know, the three-day disruption in distribution being experienced is due to logistical issues, which has since been resolved by NNPLC and doing that ideally requires more time to return to normalcy. And unfortunately, however, some persons in the business are taking advantage of this situation to maximise profits.”
They reminded NANS that the Kyari-led NNPCL is making efforts to address the situation and has already assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday.
“And fortunate enough, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (lPMAN) concurred that with the intervention of the NNPCL, the queues will disappear from filling stations as more products will be available for lifting by marketers and the supply will stabilize,” the Spokesperson added.
Edited By: Lantana N.
