The Chairman, Interim Committee of the Ondo State branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Joseph Kuteyi, has denied allegations of fuel diversion that were leveled against members of the association.
The state’s Petroleum Products Monitoring Committee had earlier in the week, accused the association of diverting about 1.2 million litres of kerosene meant for the state.
The Chairman, Interim Committee of the Ondo State branch of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Joseph Kuteyi, has denied allegations of fuel diversion that were leveled against members of the association.
The state’s Petroleum Products Monitoring Committee had earlier in the week, accused the association of diverting about 1.2 million litres of kerosene meant for the state.
But Kuteyi, while reacting to the allegation at a news conference in Akure, said the kerosene allocated to members of the association was actually sold to consumers in the state as against the claim of the committee that it was sold at a private depot in Lagos State.
He said the problem of kerosene scarcity was not caused by members of the association but that the scarcity had persisted because the government did not make the product available.
According to him, many of the marketers that were allocated kerosene in the state actually brought it to their various stations to dispense.
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