Hold Suppliers of Substandard Fuel Accountable, Orders Buhari
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As Oando, Emadeb deny involvement, blame Brittania-U
By Our Reporter
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday gave an order that the suppliers of the substandard methanol-blended petroleum products should be made to face the full weight of the law.
Buhari while reacting to the substandard fuel importation ordered relevant agencies to take appropriate action on the matter.
The President particularly said there was the need to protect consumers against such market abuse.
The president’s spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement said government was all out to protect the interest of consumers.
He said that the service providers need to give relevant information concerning the affected petroleum products.
This was as some of the petroleum products importers, including Emadeb pointed accusing fingers at Brittania-U, the company’s foreign supplier.
In a statement, the company said it had informed the NNPC of Brittania-U’s unpreparedness to keep to agreement.
It said the foreign company was not ready to give information when needed, a development, Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi, said NNPC was informed.
“We refer to the press release of February 9, 2022 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on the issue of contaminated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with higher concentrates of methanol, allegedly, imported by Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium.
“We hereby state that the said importation of the contaminated PMS was executed by a member of the consortium, to wit: Brittania-U.
“Therefore, the blanket claims made against the consortium by the NNPC are misleading and contradict the actual events that happened; they do not fully reflect and/or represent what transpired.”
“Brittania-U Nigeria Limited (Brittania-U) was the sole supplier of the 90,000MT of PMS delivered via MT Torm Hilde with laycan January 2 to 4, 2022.
“At the formation of the consortium in May 2021 by NNPC, Brittania-U refused to execute the Service and Consortium Agreement submitted to NNPC in fulfilment of the award of the DSDP contract.”
Oando also denied any involvement in the substandard fuel import,
The company Secretary of Oando, Ayotola Jagun, had in a rejoinder issued on Thursday said, “Following media reports listing Oando as one of four importers that supplied methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirits (PMS) into the country, we hereby state that Oando did not import and supply PMS that was adulterated or substandard. The PMS supplied by Oando met Nigeria’s import specification.
“We are committed to working assiduously with the NNPC and industry to identify the root cause(s) of the subsequent contamination of the PMS supplied”.
By Our Reporter
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday gave an order that the suppliers of the substandard methanol-blended petroleum products should be made to face the full weight of the law.
Buhari while reacting to the substandard fuel importation ordered relevant agencies to take appropriate action on the matter.
The President particularly said there was the need to protect consumers against such market abuse.
The president’s spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement said government was all out to protect the interest of consumers.
He said that the service providers need to give relevant information concerning the affected petroleum products.
This was as some of the petroleum products importers, including Emadeb pointed accusing fingers at Brittania-U, the company’s foreign supplier.
In a statement, the company said it had informed the NNPC of Brittania-U’s unpreparedness to keep to agreement.
It said the foreign company was not ready to give information when needed, a development, Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi, said NNPC was informed.
“We refer to the press release of February 9, 2022 by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on the issue of contaminated Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with higher concentrates of methanol, allegedly, imported by Emadeb/Hyde/Ay Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium.
“We hereby state that the said importation of the contaminated PMS was executed by a member of the consortium, to wit: Brittania-U.
“Therefore, the blanket claims made against the consortium by the NNPC are misleading and contradict the actual events that happened; they do not fully reflect and/or represent what transpired.”
“Brittania-U Nigeria Limited (Brittania-U) was the sole supplier of the 90,000MT of PMS delivered via MT Torm Hilde with laycan January 2 to 4, 2022.
“At the formation of the consortium in May 2021 by NNPC, Brittania-U refused to execute the Service and Consortium Agreement submitted to NNPC in fulfilment of the award of the DSDP contract.”
Oando also denied any involvement in the substandard fuel import,
The company Secretary of Oando, Ayotola Jagun, had in a rejoinder issued on Thursday said, “Following media reports listing Oando as one of four importers that supplied methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirits (PMS) into the country, we hereby state that Oando did not import and supply PMS that was adulterated or substandard. The PMS supplied by Oando met Nigeria’s import specification.
“We are committed to working assiduously with the NNPC and industry to identify the root cause(s) of the subsequent contamination of the PMS supplied”.
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