Depots owners, petroleum marketers dare Buhari, insist fuel scarcity will continue unless..

Unless the Mohammadu Buhari-led Federal government pays the outstanding subsidy claim, the scarcity of petroleum products being experienced in the country would  persist, the Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMA) has warned.

Mr Adewole Olufemi, the Executive Secretary of the association, gave the warning on Tuesday in Lagos. 

Olufemi said that the marketers had stopped importation of petroleum products because of outstanding subsidy claims and commercial banks refusal to offer members additional loans.

“After the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) and National Road Transport Association (NARTO) suspended their strike on May 25, all our depots were opened and we dispensed the little the stocks therein.

You dare not go on strike, IGP warns police

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has warned police personnel allegedly threatening to embark on strike over unpaid arrears of promotion of dire consequences of breaching extant rules and regulations.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Thursday in Abuja.