The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has appealed to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to increase kerosene allocation to states so that the product will get to the grassroots at affordable price.
IPMAN Chairman in Ore Depot, Ondo State, Chief Bode Olayinka, who praised the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, for his consideration for people in the rural areas, said increase in allocation to those areas would yield the desired result.
Olayinka, who spoke in Itapa Ekiti in the Oye Local Government Area during the flag-off of Kero- Direct in the state, said the programme, which cushions the effects of the hardship felt by the masses, remained one of the best ways Nigerians, particularly the masses, could feel the impact of President Goodluck Jonathan's government.
The IPMAN boss described the direct sale of the product to consumers as a means of ensuring that poor Nigerians have access to kerosene at the controlled price of N50 per litre.
Please do, Let us have the interest of poor Nigerians at heart. Poor Nigerians cannot help themselves if we do not.