Maigandi, Fashola Emerge New IPMAN Leaders, Pledge Adequate Fuel Supply

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has elected a new national executive, with the leaders pledging to ensure adequate petroleum products supply during the holiday season.

On the sidelines of the event, which took place in Abuja, the newly-elected President of the group, Abubakar Maigandi Shettima, said he would work with all independent marketers to create the enabling environment to grow the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

Shettima, who took over the leadership of the association from Chinedu Okoronkwo, said the group would work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) to ensure that its members are adequately supplied products during the season.

 “We will contact the Group Chief Executive of NNPC to make sure that independent marketers are supplied with all the petroleum products to ensure that we wet all the filling stations,” Maigandi promised in response to the current shutdown of some private filling stations.

Also speaking, the IPMAN’s Board of Trustees Chairman,  Aminu Abdulkadri, who lauded the members of IPMAN for the successful election and handover to a new set of executive, described the event as historical since it marked a peaceful change of leadership.

He explained that as the group with the largest number of petrol stations across the country, creating a united front nationally was critical to the growth of the business.