The chairman of the Petroleum Products Monitoring Committee (PPMC), Mr. Godwin Ekpo has called for the shutdown of illegal Petroleum products structures operating across South-South Depots.

 Speaking at the committee’s inaugural meeting, Mr. Ekpo said this decision was apt to enable the   committee duly constituted by Governor Umo Eno to operate smoothly.

The PPMC Chairman expressed  readiness to  collaborate with stakeholders to ensure  seamless loading and distribution of petroleum products within the state.

 Mr Ekpo called on the Joint

  Task Force on Petroleum to provide adequate security ,to enable marketers to lift and deliver products to  different destinations without hitch.

Following the meeting  Ekpo extended an olive branch to industry stakeholders during a courtesy call  to  Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), he stressed the importance for partnership in tackling the daunting challenges in the sector,particularly,adulteration,

 bunkering and pump price adjustment, adding that this act was unfair and detrimental to the consumers.

In his remarks, the chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mr. Francis Udoyen, thanked  Ekpo and commended His Excellency  Governor Umo Eno for  constituting an all-inclusive committee,Udoeyen plegded his  cooperation, noting the synergy between PPMC and IPMAN was a   welcome development.