NEWS OF THE WEEK - Oil Marketers Agree To Call Off Strike With Immediate Effect, After Committee Meeting

As this fuel issue is threatening the masses here in Nigeria, The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, have reportedly agreed to call off their strike action over unpaid subsidy claims and
Commence lifting of petroleum products nationwide
in the next six hours.

The oil marketers agreed to call off their strike at a meeting with the Chairman, Senate committee on
petroleum resources, Magnus Abe, Minister of
Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy,
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, MD of NNPC Joseph Dawha
and other stakeholders in the oil and gas sector in
Abuja today May 25th.

At the meeting, the oil marketers agreed that the
Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) should
immediately revoke the license of any oil marketer
that refuses to lift petroleum products across Nigeria.

Members of PENGASSAN, NUPENG, MOMAN,
IPMAN and all other officials also addressed the
press where they affirmed the resolutions and
agreement and called off their strike action as well.