Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, has
said it has issued an ultimatum to the government over some unresolved
issues affecting their operations or will cease work for a week Premium
Times reports.
The national president of the association, Kassim Bataiya, said the association had sent a letter dated January 15, 2015 to the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF to
warn them that it would be compelled to boycott all its activities if the grievances of its members were not resolved within ten days.
According to Mr. Bataiya, the services to be affected include loading and transportation of petroleum products from tank farms and depots throughout the country.
He said NARTO was compelled to issue the ultimatum over some challenges its members were confronted with as a result of the implementation of Project Aquila by the Board of the PEF.
NARTO is the central platform for all owners of the trucks and tankers used in conveying petroleum products from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depots to filling stations across the country.
It would be recalled a N10 fuel price slash was announced was made by Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on sunday.
The national president of the association, Kassim Bataiya, said the association had sent a letter dated January 15, 2015 to the Petroleum Equalisation Fund, PEF to
warn them that it would be compelled to boycott all its activities if the grievances of its members were not resolved within ten days.
According to Mr. Bataiya, the services to be affected include loading and transportation of petroleum products from tank farms and depots throughout the country.
He said NARTO was compelled to issue the ultimatum over some challenges its members were confronted with as a result of the implementation of Project Aquila by the Board of the PEF.
NARTO is the central platform for all owners of the trucks and tankers used in conveying petroleum products from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depots to filling stations across the country.
It would be recalled a N10 fuel price slash was announced was made by Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on sunday.
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