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PPMC MOVES TO SETTLE RIFT IN MOBIL PTD UNION

Last updated: 2016/02/17 at 4:21 PM

starconnect Published 17 February 2016

Minister of State For Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu conferring with the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Hon. Joseph Akinlaja

Abuja, Nigeria, February 17, 2016 – Following a hitch in the products supply system in the Lagos Area arising from the leadership tussle between the Mobil branch and national office of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (PTD), the Management of the midstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), says it has intervened in the dispute and that normalcy will soon be restored.

In a statement Group General Manager, Public Affairs, NNPC, M r. Ohi Alegre assured that there was sufficient stock of products in Lagos and across the country and advised motorists not to resort to panic buying as the situation was under control.

The corporation reiterated its commitment to uninterrupted product supply to the general public in keeping with its mandate.