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Oil marketers have said Dangote Refinery’s newly launched CNG-powered trucks would not be enough for an effective distribution of petroleum products across the country.
The National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, PETROAN, Billy Gillis-Harry, stated this on Tuesday in an interview on ‘The Morning Brief’, a programme on Channels Television.
Gillis-Harry pointed out that the investments of oil marketers in the downstream sector should not be discarded.
“All we are asking for is inclusion because there is no way Dangote’s trucks will be enough to supply products to the nooks and crannies of the country. We are also investing in CNG trucks, so there is not so much innovation in saying Dangote is the only one with such trucks.
“All we want is to ensure seamless and effective supplies to even areas where Dangote’s trucks cannot reach.
“We, the retail outlet owners, are the last men in the industry, and should be able to get products from almost all the depots in the country. We want Dangote Refinery to be successful”, he said.
This is coming after a detailed address by billionaire and businessman, Femi Otedola, asking members of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Dangote Refinery, DAPPMAN, to sell their properties, restructure, and reinvest in the Port Harcourt refinery to stay relevant in the sector.
Dangote’s 4,000 trucks not enough for nationwide petrol supply — Marketers
