Federal Govt Promises Sufficient Petrol Supply For Yuletide
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has announced that all is in place for PMS (Petrol) and other Petroleum products sufficiency during the imminent Yuletide season and beyond.
Chief Timipre Sylva, who made this known on Monday after a stakeholders’ meeting comprising the group chief executive officer of NNPCL, Malam Mele Kyari; the Authority chief executive of NMDPRA, Engr. Farouk Ahmed; leadership of MOMAN, DAPMAN, IPMAN, NARTO, PTD and other energy on-radar players, said they have ensured an optimal supply and distribution of Petroleum Products across the Country, especially as Yuletide approaches.
Sylva, according to a statement made available to LEADERSHIP by his special assistant On Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bukoru, also informed the gathering that President Muhammadu Buhari has also appreciated the increase production levels of crude oil to 1.5 million barrels/ day, commending the GCEO of NNPC Ltd for the sustained efforts in collaboration with the Armed Forces, states and Communities in curtailing the menace of crude oil theft.
He informed the meeting that President Buhari expects the same commitment by all of involved at ensuring the sustained supply and distribution of Petroleum Products across the country, “I have no doubt in my mind that through transparency and collaboration, we all can meet the deadline given to us during the just concluded Ministerial Retreat to commence domestic refining of Petroleum Products by end of Q2, 2023 to reduce the fiscal deficit by eliminating our dependency on the importation of Petroleum Products which threatens our National Security.”
Executive secretary, Nigerian Shippers Council, Emmanuel Jime has said the trade volume for Nigeria and Bangladesh was $65 million as at 2021.
The Shippers boss stated this in Abuja when he received in audience, the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Nigeria, Masudur Rahman.
Jime said most of the trade were in textile, pharmaceutical, rubber, mainly important from Bangladesh, while Nigeria exported solid minerals.
This is even as he has proposed a partnership deal with Bangladesh in areas such as Inland Dry Port and expertise in managing Vehicle Transit Area management.
Speaking at the function, Jime said Nigeria and Bangladesh share a lot in common such as laws and it would be a good collaboration if the Nigeria can get the expertise of Bangladesh in areas such as managing the Inland Dry Port across the country.
He also noted that the robust relationship between the two countries as members of D8 countries, would be improved upon when this partnership is actulised.
Also speaking, Rahman said Bangladesh was also read to partner with Nigeria in shipping as the country is known for building its own ships and having a larger ship yard.
Also speaking, Arc. Bob Achanya, president Nigeria Bangladesh Business and Technology Forum (NBBTF) said “this visit with the High Commissioner of Bangladesh is about facilitating and exploring ways and means of supporting your organization’s growing successes at managing these complex drivers of the national economy within the context of the expanding bilateral relations between Nigeria and Bangladesh and the South-South cooperation framework.
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), under the aegis of StreetNet International, has decried institutional and state organised violence against members of the informal sector.
Its general secretary, Comrade Gbenga Komolafe, appealed to law enforcement agencies for protection against violence and other abuse on members of the sector.
Komolafe, while speaking on 2022 International Day of Street Vendors, being celebrated globally every 14 November said: “Over the years, StreetNet has fought for the recognition of street vendors as workers, this celebration testifies the growing importance and voice of informal economy workers in the global agenda.”
“When we launched the first-ever international federation of street vendors we had a dream of a global union federation of workers in this sector of the informal economy. That dream has been realised, thanks to the unity and commitment of street vendors and their leaders who have built the organisation to what it is today,”said, former International coordinator and founder of StreetNet, Pat Horn.
In addition he said, the global alliance of street vendors, market vendors and other informal traders was founded in Durban, South Africa and has over 700.000 members in over 50 countries in the world.