Because the government has not paid N100 billion in unpaid bridging claims, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has threatened to stop providing its services, resulting in an imminent statewide fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
At a press conference on Monday, February 24, 2025, in Abuja, Yahaya Alhasan, the chairman of the IPMAN Depot Chairmen Forum, voiced his displeasure with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for failing to pay despite assurances given forty days prior in front of National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu.
Due to the protracted debt situation, Alhasan disclosed that a number of northern depots, including those in Jos, Gusau, Minna, Suleja, Kaduna, Kano, Gombe, Yola, and Maiduguri, have been totally grounded.
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“Withdrawing our services nationwide is our plan if NMDPRA does not pay us within seven days,” Alhasan threatened.
A 5% fee imposed by the NMDPRA on petroleum marketers was also denounced by IPMAN as unconstitutional and harmful to commercial activities.
The group demanded that President Bola Tinubu step in right away and threatened to disrupt the nation’s petroleum supply if their demands were not met by February 24, 2025.
