DSS fuel scarcity

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited.

It was also agreed that the NNPCL would decentralize its distribution across the country. “We are not saying it is sabotage, but if it comes to economic sabotage, we will rise to the occasion. “Some people may want to query that what is our business in the fuel issue? But why the scarcity? Whatever hurdles, the trend must be resolved. “The DSS called the meeting because of the security implications that may arise from this trend, and we say enough is enough!

Femi Falana has faulted the Department of State Services' (DSS) 48-hour ultimatum to NNPC Limited and oil marketers to end the fuel scarcity..

“That body is required to submit reports to the government: ‘This problem may lead to insecurity. “But what the SSS – not DSS; it is not a department of state security. It is not a department of the Presidency. Section 215 has imposed a duty on the police to maintain the internal security of the country. There is nobody to call the agency to order. “The ultimatum will not work because there is no sanction for impunity in Nigeria.

Nigeria's secret police has threatened nationwide operations to end the crisis that has lasted months. The State Security Service has issued a 48-hour ...

Outside Abuja, residents said fuel stations sold petrol for N270 in many states. Daily, Nigerians queue for long hours at filling stations to buy petrol for the cars and generators. The government has failed to act to end the shortage, repeatedly giving false assurances that it has sufficient stocks and buyers should not panic.

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Meanwhile, the chief executive officer of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Engr. In addition, major stakeholders in the sector including the Depots and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), reiterated their commitment to end the issue of fuel scarcity across the country. However, the NNPC chief executive officer (CEO), Mele Kyari, on Friday, December 9, announced the plan by the company to release 1.9 billion litres of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as fuel, in the next few hours, according to

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Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Mr. The DSS warned that after the expiration of the deadline, anyone found to be acting as a saboteur to the supply of petroleum products in the country would be treated as a threat to national security by the security agency and made to face the wrath of the law. APPARENTLY embarrassed and miffed by the lingering petrol scarcity in the country, the Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday, gave all the stakeholders in the fuel supply chain 48 hours deadline to restore normal supply of petroleum products at officially approved rate across the country or be ready to face the consequences of their actions.

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has described the 48-hour ultimatum given by the Department of State Services to the Nigerian National Petroleum ...

“But what the SSS – not DSS; it is not a department of state security. It is not a department of the Presidency. Section 215 has imposed a duty on the police to maintain the internal security of the country. There is nobody to call the agency to order. We must run this country in line with the provisions of the law. “The ultimatum will not work because there is no sanction for impunity in Nigeria.

Hinting at economic sabotage, it threatened to go after those impeding the supply of the petroleum products if fuel queues persist at the petrol stations after ...

Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the 48-hour ultimatum issued by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the Nigerian National ...

Human right lawyer, Femi Falana, has described the ultimatum by the Department of State Service (DSS) to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)

There is no one to call the agency to order. “The State Security Service (SSS) does not operate under the law in Nigeria. Was anyone prosecuted?

HUMAN rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), and the Chairman, Lagos Satellite Depot, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Market (IPMAN), Akin.

Afunnaya said: “It is the mandate of the Service to detect and prevent threat to national security. The main supplier of petrol in this country is NNPC and if they (NNPC) give us the product we will sell to customers. “IPMAN has also committed itself to ensure that the product is available for 24 hours daily. “That body is required to submit reports to the government: ‘This problem may lead to insecurity. “But what the SSS – not DSS; it is not a department of state security. It is not a department of the Presidency. “We are just improving coordination and there is nothing sinister. The DSS has been very supportive but anybody that is sabotaging will see their bad side. Section 215 has imposed a duty on the Police to maintain the internal security of the country. We must run this country in line with the provisions of the law. They will know that it’s just an empty threat because nobody is going to be arrested and prosecuted to teach a lesson. “The other day, toxic fuel was brought to Nigeria.