By Matthew Tabe
The Directorate of State Security (DSS) has given the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) limited and other stakeholders 48-hours to end fuel scarcity in the country.
DSS noted that all those involved in the distribution process to make petrol available to Nigerians must ensure sales on official rate or face the wrath of the government.
This was the decision arrived at between the security agency and all the stakeholders in the petrol supply chain at the end of a strategic meeting at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
The Spokesman for the DSS, Peter Afunanya, told journalists at the end of the meeting that the agency would take steps to deal with elements who try to use artificial fuel scarcity to threaten national security.
He said the stakeholders agreed to end fuel scarcity nationwide, saying all DSS commands had been placed on red alert and would commence operations to bring defaulters to book.
Quest Times gathered that the stakeholders who attended the meeting apart from the NNPC and IPMAN are officials of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) as well as Depot and Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPMAN).
Also present were Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) among others.