By our Reporter
The Federal Government on Wednesday has said it was currently engaging oil marketers on issues bordering on the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, fuel queues, bridging claims payment, among others in the downstream oil sector.
It was reliably gathered in Abuja that there was a meeting and it might lead to an upward adjustment in the pump price of petrol, as oil marketers had repeatedly blamed the persistent fuel queues in various parts of Nigeria on the unsustainable cost of PMS.
This came as the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria on Wednesday joined their counterparts in the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association to call on the government to gradually raise the price of PMS.
IPMAN and NOGASA had earlier pushed for the upward review of petrol price, as some members of IPMAN had already effected this by selling above the N165/litre government approved price.
Filling stations are currently dispensinf petrol at N185/200 litre and above in many states including Abuja, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo,Osun,Imo, Niger, among others.
It is expected that the Federal Government will find lasting solution to this issue.