Long vehicular queues were seen in few petrol stations across Lagos metropolis yesterday despite claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), that the nation’s three refineries in Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri have attained a combined production of over 6.76 million litres of petrol per day.
This was even as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and agencies continued the monitoring exercise across the country.
Though majority of the fuel stations owned by major marketers have complied with the new Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) price of N86.50, which became effective January 1, other private marketers were yet to adjust to the new price regime as at yesterday.
Daily Sun checks showed that major marketers like Mobil, Oando, Forte, Conoil and Total are complying but indications as at the time of this report are that the independent marketers were yet to fully comply with the PPPRA directive.
Majority of the independent marketers’ retail stations visited yesterday were yet to fully comply with the directive, an indication some are ready to dare government. Others who are not ready to incur the wrath of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) rather decided to shut down their operations in protest against the N86.50kobo per litre, which they claimed was forced on them by the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, NNPC yesterday announced that over 6.76 million litres of petrol per day is projected to increase to over 10 million litres per day by the end of January 2016.
The corporation further gave a breakdown of the premium motor spirit, PMS (also known as petrol) yield from the plants indicating that while Port Harcourt Refinery, which was re-streamed a week earlier is producing some 4.09 million litres, the Kaduna Refinery is contributing some 1.29 million litres and Warri, which was re-streamed on Sunday is posting a yield of some 1.38 million litres.
NNPC equally confirmed that the PMS volumes from the refineries, which are currently operating at an appreciable percentage of their nameplate capacities, would help stabilise the fuel supply and distribution situation in the country.
This was even as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and agencies continued the monitoring exercise across the country.
Though majority of the fuel stations owned by major marketers have complied with the new Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) price of N86.50, which became effective January 1, other private marketers were yet to adjust to the new price regime as at yesterday.
Daily Sun checks showed that major marketers like Mobil, Oando, Forte, Conoil and Total are complying but indications as at the time of this report are that the independent marketers were yet to fully comply with the PPPRA directive.
Majority of the independent marketers’ retail stations visited yesterday were yet to fully comply with the directive, an indication some are ready to dare government. Others who are not ready to incur the wrath of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) rather decided to shut down their operations in protest against the N86.50kobo per litre, which they claimed was forced on them by the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, NNPC yesterday announced that over 6.76 million litres of petrol per day is projected to increase to over 10 million litres per day by the end of January 2016.
The corporation further gave a breakdown of the premium motor spirit, PMS (also known as petrol) yield from the plants indicating that while Port Harcourt Refinery, which was re-streamed a week earlier is producing some 4.09 million litres, the Kaduna Refinery is contributing some 1.29 million litres and Warri, which was re-streamed on Sunday is posting a yield of some 1.38 million litres.
NNPC equally confirmed that the PMS volumes from the refineries, which are currently operating at an appreciable percentage of their nameplate capacities, would help stabilise the fuel supply and distribution situation in the country.
316 suspects arrested, contraband goods worth N2.7bn impounded –Customs
From George Onyejiuwa, Owerri
The Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’, Owerri, comprising the South East and South South geopolitical zones said about 316 suspects were arrested in 2015 in connection with the smuggling of various contraband goods into the country. According to the Area Controller of the unit, Victor David Dimka, the figure was a sharp contrast to the 104 suspects recorded in 2014.
Dimka who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday while reviewing the performance of the unit last year in comparison with that of the preceding year, 2014, revealed that while 466 seizures were made in 2015, 363 were recorded in 2014, adding that a total of four suspects were convicted in 2014 as against one in 2015.
He further disclosed that the unit in the year under review observed that while 18 cases from 2014 are still pending in court, 23 cases are similarly in court in respect of seizures made in 2015.
Dimka who gave the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of 2014 as N1.8 billion as against N2.7 billion made by the unit in 2015, said “this is a geometrical progression over what we made in 2014 and it will go higher in 2016 because our officers are ever ready to work.”
With over N72 million recorded as revenue in 2014, the Custome boss said that N130,144,132 million was made in 2015. He said the feat was accomplished because officers of the unit fine-tuned their strategies against smugglers in the zone just as he said they would need to redouble their efforts in the onslaught against smuggling.
The Area Controller commended sister agencies and other security organisations for their sustained support and collaboration with the NCS in the crusade against smuggling and called for its sustenance
The Controller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘C’, Owerri, comprising the South East and South South geopolitical zones said about 316 suspects were arrested in 2015 in connection with the smuggling of various contraband goods into the country. According to the Area Controller of the unit, Victor David Dimka, the figure was a sharp contrast to the 104 suspects recorded in 2014.
Dimka who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday while reviewing the performance of the unit last year in comparison with that of the preceding year, 2014, revealed that while 466 seizures were made in 2015, 363 were recorded in 2014, adding that a total of four suspects were convicted in 2014 as against one in 2015.
He further disclosed that the unit in the year under review observed that while 18 cases from 2014 are still pending in court, 23 cases are similarly in court in respect of seizures made in 2015.
Dimka who gave the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of 2014 as N1.8 billion as against N2.7 billion made by the unit in 2015, said “this is a geometrical progression over what we made in 2014 and it will go higher in 2016 because our officers are ever ready to work.”
With over N72 million recorded as revenue in 2014, the Custome boss said that N130,144,132 million was made in 2015. He said the feat was accomplished because officers of the unit fine-tuned their strategies against smugglers in the zone just as he said they would need to redouble their efforts in the onslaught against smuggling.
The Area Controller commended sister agencies and other security organisations for their sustained support and collaboration with the NCS in the crusade against smuggling and called for its sustenance
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