The Unbiased Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the Federal Authorities to swiftly full the continued renewal works on the Port Harcourt Refinery in a bid to cushion the impact of the surge and unavailability of merchandise.
The affiliation made the decision yesterday throughout the 2023 Port Harcourt Depot Unit Annual Common Assembly/Election in Rivers State, electing Maaka ThankGod Ikpaki as Chairman.
The brand new chairman of the physique, Ikpaki, in his speech assured that his authorities would guarantee higher management of the physique.
He famous that the refinery's failure to function has pressured a lot of its members out of business.
Nevertheless, he beneficial that the power must be accomplished and put into use, including that the delay was impacting companies within the space.
He mentioned: “We’ll convey new concepts to the management of the physique. We had been chosen to handle IPMAN's actions. We need to make a distinction.
“Our solely obligation is to make sure that everyone seems to be happy, even when man's wishes are insatiable. We’ll do our greatest to make sure that merchandise popping out of the refinery when it’s prepared attain our members after which into our communities.
“The failure of the refinery has paralyzed many firms and many individuals have gone bankrupt. Individuals who can not make do with the little that’s obtainable to them.
“Items and companies, as we all know, transfer from one a part of the nation to a different and this works with petroleum merchandise. The decline of the refinery has affected the motion of products and companies.”
In the meantime, the Zone Chairman, System 2E of IPMAN, Prince Bobby-Ibekwe, has expressed optimism that the Port Harcourt Refinery could be totally operational by early 2024.
Bobby-Ibekwe charged the newly elected director of the physique to make sure that members are supplied with merchandise to promote when the Port Harcourt refinery comes into operation.
He challenged the Head of the Port Harcourt Unit of IPMAN to make sure the safety of the pursuits of IPMAN and the general public in others, to scale back the struggling skilled by the folks attributable to harsh financial habits.
