Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Wednesday expressed sadness at the excruciating fuel scarcity in the South-West, arising from the vandalism of a vital pipeline at Arepo in Ogun State.
A statement by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant (Media), Mrs. Funmi Wakama, said he spoke in his office in Abeokuta when a delegation from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria Western Zone, comprising Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi, led by its Chairman, Mr Olumide Ogunmade, paid him a visit.
He sought a joint effort by all stakeholders to end the menace of pipeline vandals, whose activities led to the inferno at Arepo and shutdown of Mosimi depot.
He cautioned against indiscriminate parking of fuel tankers along the Lagos/ Ibadan highway, “which results in traffic congestion and economic losses.”
Ogunmade, who spoke earlier, urged the government to intervene in fast-tracking the repair of the pipeline, emphasising that the continued closure of Mosimi depot would not only result in job losses but hinder the smooth supply of petroleum products to all the states in the zone, as Lagos alone could not service the entire region.
