Petrol to sell for N140 from Wednesday, as IPMAN slashes pump price to encourage voters' participation in rescheduled polls

Oredola Adeola|

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has issued a directive urging its members to reduce petroleum pump price from N145 to N140 as part of relief measure from the part the association to encourage voter’s participation in the rescheduled polls.

Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, National President of the association, who was represented by Alhaji Bashir Salisu Tahir, Northwest zonal Chairman. disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday evening. According to him, the implementation of the directives would take effective from Wednesday, February 20.

He said the decision followed last Saturday’s postponement of Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The IPMAN President revealed that voters had travelled to different places across the country in order to cast their votes, but to their dismay, the elections were shifted.

He said, “IPMAN is prompted to slash N5 from the N145 official petroleum pump price in a bid to motivate Nigerians to return to their respective destinations to vote on February 23 and March 9 respectively.

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“We urged all our members across Nigeria to immediately reduce the price of petroleum pump price from N145 to N140 as directed.

“This is because of the political situation that hit the country after INEC suddenly announced the postponement of Presidential and National Assembly elections after Nigerians were fully prepared.

“We are all aware how Nigerians travelled to different destinations across the country in order to exercise their civic duty; unfortunately, they heard a sad news of postponement of the polls.

“This made us deemed it fit to reduce the pump price in order to ease their suffering, and to also motivate them to travel again to exercise their franchise on February 23,” he said.

The IPMAN President therefore charged urged the members of the association across the country to immediately implement the directive. IPMAN further urged every citizens to exercise patience and come out en masse to cast their votes on the rescheduled date.

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