The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says it will cut supply to Borno and Yobe states if Federal Government fails to settle outstanding N6bn debt.
The association said this in a communique issued at the end of its stakeholders meeting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
The threat is coming after 10 months of blackout in Maiduguri and its environs, due to disruction of power facilities by Boko Haram terrorists.
The state IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Mohammed Kuluwu, who read the statement said less than 10 per cent of their members were operating due to the debt.
Kuluwu said the federal government should have considered the marketers from the two states due to their peculiarities of insecurity.
“We have no choice than to ask our members to stay at home over unpaid seven months claims of N6billion in Borno state alone owed by the Petroleum Equalization Fund (PEF), he said.
“As I speak, nothing has been done for several months, nobody is saying anything. If you go within the metropolitan you will discover only 29 marketers out of the 442 currently operating.
“If the government refuses to pay us, we have no option than to halt operations.”
