No Immediate Plan To Increase Petrol Pump Price – DPR – TheNigerialawyer

Mr Antai Asuquo, the Operations Controller of the Department of
Petroleum Resources (DPR), Warri Zonal Office, has said that the
Federal Government had no plan to increase the pump price of
petrol.

Asuquo made this disclosure to newsmen on Tuesday on a sideline
during the celebration of the “World Day for Cultural Diversity for
Dialogue and Development” held simultaneously in all the DPR
offices in the country.

The annual event with the theme, ” Exploring Nigeria’s Diversity
and Rich Cultural Heritage” was organised by the DPR.

The controller urged Nigerians to be focused and stop worrying
about possible fuel hike that could lead to crisis in the supply
chain, adding that ‘the product is available and the pump price
remains N145 per litre’.

“There is availability of petroleum products, the price of
Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) remains the same and there is no
immediate plan to change it.

“We should not hoard the product for a particular period of time
because keeping the product at home is dangerous.

“Our lives and property are important, so we should value and
manage our resources in a way that we do not cause harm to
ourselves,” he advised.

Asuquo also urged Nigerians to key into the federal government’s
policy on the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), noting that
there was abundant cooking gas in the country.

“The federal government is trying to enforce the availability of
cooking gas all over the federation and people are encouraged to
use it.

“The LPG is the energy of the future, it is cleaner, most
sustainable and we have abundant of it.

“I encourage people to follow the government’s policies and we
will be happy for it,” he said.

On the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development, Asuquo said Nigeria remained an indivisible entity
irrespective of our ethnic, religious and cultural differences.

“Today is diversity day; the DPR sets aside diversity in
culture, gender, religion, style, grade and people; it is all about
the multi faceted nature of our people in DPR.

“This is what makes DPR special, we are united in diversity. The
differences we have in terms of culture, religion and ethnicity has
not changed our focus in Nigeria as an entity.

“This is a way of assuring our staff and stakeholders in the
Department that Nigeria is a one united indivisible entity.

“As diverse as we are, we remain one, the focus is to ensure
that Nigeria continues to grow from strength to strength and remain
united

“In the oil and gas industry, we interface with all manner of
people globally.

“We are also trained to adapt and be able to deal with others
irrespective of their culture and backgrounds,” he said.

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