Agency Report/
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has directed its members in the Southwest region to begin sales of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly referred to as petrol, at N162 per litre.
The southwest Zonal Chairman of IPMAN, Alhaji ‘Dele Tajudeen told journalists in Abeokuta that his members would be left with no other option than to dispense the product at a price of N162.
Tajudeen said, the directive followed the increase in the depot loading price of the product by the federal government, which placed a new price regime of the product at N151. 56k.
He explained that since the federal government is putting the price of the product at N151. 56k, IPMAN has no option than to sell at N162 to be able to meet up with the overhead cost.
Tajudeen said IPMAN members would have to make provision for the cost of diesel to run generators that would power the dispensing machines; pay the cost of transporting the fuel from the depot to their respective filling stations and also settle their statutory levies with the appropriate regulatory agencies.
He added that by the time they finished paying all these levies, the cost of discharging fuel at the petroleum filling stations would have shored up to N160, hence dispensing the product at N162 would enable IPMAN members to be able to pay the staff bills and the stations’ gains.
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