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  • DPR shuts six stations, arrests four persons in Ogun

    DPR shuts six stations, arrests four persons in Ogun

    The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Ogun State on Saturday sealed off six petrol stations and arrested four persons in the state.

    The four people were arrested for fuel hoarding, under-dispensing, sabotage, obstruction of justice and installation of commercial gas cylinders without approval.

    All the affected petrol stations were found to have more than enough of petrol but refused to sell it to the public.

    Some buyers accused the station owners of selling fuel at night and above the pump price of N145 per litre.

    “They only sell at night and they sell for N200 per litre,” one of the buyers in Ota, Ogun, said.

    A mild drama, however, ensued at one of the filling stations along Ilaro expressway, as the attendants and the manager fled upon sighting the DPR officials and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

    The DPR Head of Operations, Mr. Kasali Akinade, led the surveillance team to the stations.

    Akinade said the exercise followed reports that some filling stations were hoarding, under-dispensing and selling above the pump price.

    “We are aware that some filling stations are either hoarding or selling above the pump price; as high as N180 or N200 per litre, which is against the government price policy of N145.

    “When we see any filling station, either hoarding or not selling, what we do is to order them to start selling at the approved pump price,” he said.

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  • DPR shuts 48 filling stations as fuel price hits N400 in Abuja

    DPR shuts 48 filling stations as fuel price hits N400 in Abuja

    The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is getting tough with marketers found to be hoarding fuel as the current scarcity bites harder nationwide.

    At the last count, no fewer than 48 filling stations have been shut down in Delta, Kwara and Ekiti states alone.

    The price of petrol rose to N400 per litre yesterday in Abuja as more citizens travelled out of their stations for the Christmas celebration.

    Many motorists even passed the night at filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in their desperation to buy fuel.

    It was between N200 and N250 per litre in Lagos, Anambra, Ogun and Abia states.

    The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared the scarcity unacceptable and charged President Muhammadu Buhari to rise up to the challenge.

    “Nigerians must not be made to suffer, especially at this time of the year when we have the Yuletide and New Year festivities, which come with a lot of activities,” the party said in a statement in Abuja.

    The DPR sealed up 38 filling stations in Delta State, six in Kwara and four in Ekiti.

    Despite promises made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to flood the market with more products and ensure that the scarcity evaporates this weekend, motorists continue to groan yesterday about the difficulty in buying fuel and the outrageous prices they were asked to pay at filling stations and by black marketers.

    The DPR head of operations in Kwara State, Oyedele Ibitayo, said the affected stations were found culpable for various infractions ranging from diversion of fuel, overpricing and under dispensing to hoarding of petroleum products.

    Ibitayo said although fuel supply to the state has reduced drastically in the last two weeks, whatever comes in must be properly dispensed by marketers.

    He explained that the state which was receiving 39 trucks of petroleum products daily now receives between 12 and 19 trucks.

    He maintained that the erring stations would be made to pay penalties and sign undertakings.

    Erring petrol marketers in Ekiti State were fined between N100,000 and N200,000 depending on the degree of infraction.

    The DPR team leader in the state, Mr. Anthony Onaji, said the punitive

    action became necessary to save Nigerians from further hardship.

    “We quite understand that there may be short supply to Ekiti State but

    the quantity in circulation must be sold to the populace; it

    must not be hoarded,” he said.

    “I don’t think it will be fair to Nigerians to find it difficult to get petrol, and when they get, they are made to buy above N145. So, this makes it compulsory for us to do our duty by ensuring that no sharp practice is tolerated.”

    An unspecified number of filling stations were also sealed up in Anambra State yesterday.

    The Edo State Government said yesterday it was collaborating with the DPR to monitor sale of fuel at filling stations.

    It vowed to prosecute defaulting marketers.

    Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Osarodion Ogie, said the state had received 465,000 litres of premium motor spirit (petrol) this weekend in addition to the 296,000 litres received on Tuesday.

    Barrister Ogie explained that the collaboration with the DPR was meant to ensure that the products allocated to Edo State were dispensed to buyers at the official pump prices and save the people the hardship they suffer in the hands of shylock marketers.

    He said: “Edo State has been sufficiently supplied with petroleum products and received a fresh 465,000 litres this weekend.

    ”Motorists and other users of petroleum products should refrain from panic buying that causes unnecessary queues at petrol stations and traffic congestion on major roads in the state.

    ”Marketers are hereby warned to ensure judicious dispensing of allocated products as government will not hesitate to apprehend and prosecute any erring marketer.”

    Hundreds of motorists who had planned to travel out of Abuja yesterday with their families had to join long queues at filling stations in the hope of getting fuel to buy.

    The queues spilled onto highways, disrupting a free flow of traffic in many parts of the city.

    The queue at the NNPC super mega station, Kubwa, was particularly long, spanning about three kilometres.

    Most of the filling stations run by independent marketers were locked as they had no fuel to sell.

    The Vice National President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Maigadi told The Nation that there was no improvement in the supply of the product.

    On the allegation of the diversion of petrol, he urged Nigerians to blame it on NNPC and major marketers, who according to him, are the ones getting the product from the depots.

    “If they talk of diversion they should blame major marketers and NNPC retail outlets because they are the only people who are getting the supply. That is the fact. If the independent marketers are not supplied, there will be crisis of fuel supply,” he said.

    A good number of filling stations in Ibadan opened for business yesterday although with long queues of vehicles.

    The sale of fuel was however disorderly.

    Some of the dealers had to call in security men to help them maintain order.

    Prices also ranged between N150 and N250 per litre.

    Commercial motorcyclists who were able to get the product made brisk business by charging 200 per cent of the normal fares.

    When asked, one of them, Musa Ibrahim, said if only passengers knew what they went through in their efforts to get fuel, they would not complain about of the hike in fares.

    According to him, they were molested by soldiers in some filling stations before they got the product, even after queuing for hours.

     

    PDP tasks Buhari on lingering fuel scarcity

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) asked President Muhammadu Buhari, as Minister of Petroleum Resources, to find a quick solution to the lingering fuel scarcity.

    “The unbearable fuel situation in the country is completely unacceptable. Mr. President must be up and doing,” the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said in a statement.

    He added: “When he took office as President of Nigeria and also as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, he was aware that the buck stops at his table.

    “Nigerians must not be made to suffer, especially at this time of the year when we have the Yuletide and New Year festivities, which come with a lot of activities.

    “This is the same APC government that promised that it would make fuel available and affordable. Today, under their deceitful and corrupt watch, fuel has not only become extremely scarce, the price has also risen from where the PDP left it at N86.50k per litre to as high as N300 per litre and above.

    “The effect is that transport fares, running costs, prices of food, medicines and other basic needs have soared beyond the reach of Nigerians, who are now groaning heavily under the hardship of APC misrule.”

    Coming with the hike in petrol price is an astronomical rise in transport fares across the country.

    Nigerians travelling to their respective home towns for Christmas are lamenting the situation.

    Fare from Lokoja to Lagos rose from N4000 to N6500 yesterday.

    A commuter on the route, Mr Solomon Jatto, said: “I have never seen a country like this; the states will not pay salaries and government will not release fuel.”

    Mr Audu Yunusa, a driver, said it was the high cost of buying petrol that gave room for the increase in transportation fare.

    The NURTW Chairman, North section, Mr Abdullahi Gambo, said that the cost of transportation was being driven by the cost of petrol, adding that the union could not impose fares on their members because they got their fuel from different stations at different prices.

    A petroleum marketer in Lokoja, who did not want his name in print, said that ‘the cabals’ were at work again in the petroleum sector.

    His words: “The truth is that the cabals are at work again in the petroleum sector.

    “The present administration should keep the cabals at bay in this season.

    ”The Federal Government should quickly stem this tide. We have had glimpses of President Muhammad Buhari’s fight against corruption. But the present situation is stage managed by corrupt officials at the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.”

    With transport fares rising sharply in Abia State owing to the hike in fuel price to N250 per litre, many commuters were yesterday forced to walk long distances.

    Mrs. Nkechi Godwin, Mr. Francis Okeke and Gift Iheanacho, who spoke to our reporter, lamented the situation and pleaded with government to intervene immediately.

    Hundreds of commuters in Anambra State are also facing hardship on account of the fuel scarcity.

    Many commuters who were on their ways to their home towns were trapped in the state, following the rise in fuel price.

    It was N250 at many filling stations yesterday.

    Even at that, there were long queues of vehicles at the various filling stations.

    When The Nation moved round the state yesterday, some of the people traveling home were stranded at various motor parks in the state for lack of vehicles.

    In Anambra State, a litre of fuel was being sold at N250 per litre while long queues became the order of the day.

    A traveller, Tochukwu Nwosu from Imo state, described the action of independent marketers as man’s inhumanity to man.

    Transport fare from the state capital Awka to Onitsha went up from N150 to N300.

    The fuel scarcity in Asaba,the Delta State capital and environs had no improvement.

    Transport fare went up by 200 per cent on many routes.

    Many motorists parked their cars at home owing to the high cost of petrol.

    Scores of commuters were stranded in most motor parks in Agbor and the environs as commuters were forced to pay between N800 to N1000 from Agbor to Asaba as against the usual N250-N300.

    Only five filling stations had fuel yesterday in Makurdi, the Benue state capital, and they sold at N230 per litre.

    It was N300 at the black market.

    Queues were long at the filling stations while transport fares also rose sharply.

    The NNPC had promised on Thursday that the fuel scarcity would disappear this weekend.

    Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC spokesman, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that there was an increase in the number of incoming trucks of petrol into the FCT to curb the queues in the city.

    According to him, the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, had met with the heads of Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) to nip the problem in the bud.

    He said that the nation, which was consuming 35 million litres suddenly increased consumption to 85 million litres as a result of diversion of fuel to neighbouring countries.

    “He met with NARTO and PTD and they assured that trucks would be closely monitored.

    “He said Lagos should be maintained at 300 trucks but the actual figure coming into Abuja should be increased by 150.

    “Port Harcourt refinery has also increased refining and so by tomorrow (Friday) queues should normalise and by weekend it would have disappeared,’’ Ughamadu said.

    He said the scarcity was artificial as the corporation “as at today has adequate products and a 25-day sufficiency.”

     

  • DPR seals off six fuel stations in Kwara

    DPR seals off six fuel stations in Kwara

    The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR ) on Friday sealed six filling stations in Ilorin, the state capital for hoarding fuel.

    The DPR also sealed off another one in Ajase- Ipo, Irepodun local government area of the state

    The affected petrol stations are Golden Mother, Agbabiaka, Korrect Petroleum, Agbabiaka, Haflum Baboko, Lakeside Filling Station, Lagos Road and NNPC Retail station, Okoolowo all in Ilorin.

    DPR also sealed off Alhaji M. Oyetunji Filling station, Ajase-Ipo.

    Read Also: DPR seals 16 filling stations in Akwa Ibom

    State head of operations, Oyedele Ibitayo, an engineer said the stations were found culpable for various infractions ranging from diversion of fuel, overpricing, under dispensing to hoarding of petroleum products.

    Ibitayo, though admitted that fuel supply to the state had reduced drastically in the past two weeks,insisted that whatever comes in must be properly dispensed by the marketers.

    He explained that the state which received 39 trucks of petroleum products daily now receives between 12 and 19 trucks daily.

    He maintained that the erringg stations would be made to pay penalties and sign undertaking.

    Ibitayo promised continued monitoring of the situation and deal with erring filling stations in the state.

  • DPR seals 16 filling stations in Akwa Ibom

    DPR seals 16 filling stations in Akwa Ibom

    The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR ) said it had sealed 16 filling stations for selling petrol above N145 per litre pump price.

    The Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom, Mr Tamunoiminabo Sundaye, disclosed this in Eket on Monday.

    Sundaye, however, said that some of the affected stations had paid the penalty and had signed undertaking with the department “to be of good behaviour’’.

    He said that the department had begun close monitoring of the filling stations to ensure that they reversed their pumps to dispense petrol at N145 per litre.

    He also said the agency had engaged private depot owners to ensure that they sold the product at ex-depot price to marketers.

    The controller deplored the conduct of independent marketers, who accused of taking advantage of recent “upset in the oil market’’ to exploit the public by selling petrol above regulated rate.

    He alleged that the marketers were creating artificial scarcity of the product in the state.

    “I will not really say that there is much scarcity in Akwa Ibom because there is no queue.

    Read also: Motorists lament as fuel scarcity bites hard in Kano

    “What happened is that our brothers and sisters took opportunity of what happened in Lagos and Abuja, which of course is normal now.

    “Our people and their normal way of doing things, started selling above government approved pump price and we have sealed a number of filling stations over it,’’ Sundaye said.

    He appealed to marketers to do the business in accordance with rules and regulations of the petroleum sector, saying that the present administration would not tolerate sharp practises in the industry.

    According to him, any marketer caught would face the wrath of the law.

    Sundaye warned marketers not to indulge in under-dispensing of the products in the state, saying that they were would face penalty.

    Most filling stations in Akwa Ibom are selling petrol between N160 per litre and N170 per litre.

    NAN

  • DPR sanctions 10 filling stations over price hike

    DPR sanctions 10 filling stations over price hike

    The Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR ) on Friday said it had sanctioned 10 petrol filling stations in Zamfara for selling fuel above official pump price.

    The Acting Controller of the department in Gusau, Saleh Audu, told newsmen in Gusau.

    Audu said DPR had visited 35 filling stations across the state in the past one week and discovered that 10 out of the stations were selling fuel above N145 per litre.

    He said three other stations were penalised for violating rules and regulations of the department.

    He advised motorists to support the department to enable it carry out its duty effectively.

    Read Also: DPR seals four petrol stations over price hike

    “Members of the public should assist us with information on malpractices by owners of filling stations that sell fuel above official pump price, under dispensation, hoarding and diversion, among others.”

    The Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Gusau Depot Branch, Alhaji Sirajo Kamba, however, said that the increase in pump price followed unilateral decision by private depots to increase price of the commodity.

    “Most of the stations selling above official price are getting it from private depots. We got the product at between N144 and N145 per liter from such depots as against N133 directed by the government.

    “We cannot run at a loss. We have been calling on the Federal Government to investigate and address these issues,’’ he said.

    “Members of IPMAN are law abiding, we are ready to cooperate with the government and other stakeholders to ensure that fuel supply has improved.

  • NSCDC sets up task force on fuel scarcity

    NSCDC sets up task force on fuel scarcity

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Niger command, has set up a task force to monitor the sales and distribution of petroleum products in the state.

    Mr Philip Ayuba, Commandant of the Corps, disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday in Minna.

    “The task force will liaise with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to track movement of petroleum products meant for the state from loading points to final destinations,’’ Ayuba said.

    He said the 10-man task force was headed by ASP Peter Doma and Alhaji Abdullahi Jankara of the DPR Minna office.

    He said the task force was charged with the responsibility to return to normal distribution and sales of the product at government controlled price in the state.

     Ayuba said that the task force would monitor and ensure effective dispensing of petroleum products by all selling outlets in and outside the metropolis.

    Read also: Yuletide: NSCDC deploys 2,600 security personnel in Niger

    He explained that the committee would ensure all products made to the state were not diverted to black markets.

    “Any marketer found hoarding or diverting the product to black market would be sanctioned,” he added.

    He also used the opportunity to warn all service stations to desist from hoarding the product as anyone found wanting would be sanctioned.

    Meanwhile, queues for petrol have resurfaced in Minna metropolis and its environs, creating hardship for motorists and commuters.

    The queues, which started on Monday, is becoming unbearable for motorists in the state.

    Some of the filling stations operated by Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria have increased the pump price of a litre from N150 to N160.

    At the NNPC mega stations and other filling stations by major marketers, the queues are longer, as they maintain the official price of N145 per litre.

    A four-litre gallon of the product in the black market cost N1,200 in Minna while in Bosso and Paiko local government areas, it costs N1,500

    Transport fare have also increased due to the scarcity of the product.

    NAN

  • Supply shortfall cause of fuel scarcity – Kachikwu

    Supply shortfall cause of fuel scarcity – Kachikwu

    Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says the major cause of the fuel scarcity currently being witnessed across the country is shortfall in supply of petroleum products.

    Kachikwu, who stated this in a news briefing on Thursday in Abuja, however, said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC ) was making efforts to ensure that queues at filling stations disappeared in a couple of days.

    “Presently, queues in Lagos have reduced. We know that Lagos, Abuja, Benue, Port Harcourt were among the worst-hit areas.

    “Benue has been dealt with; Port Harcourt is quite moderated. Apart from these areas, other places in the country are probably liquid.

    “The major problem is the gap in terms of volume, because NNPC is the only one importing the product to the country,” he said.

    The minister assured that there was adequate storage facility for imported products, adding that emergency measures were in place to ensure that the products were available during the Yuletide and post-January.

    He said that four vessels laden with petroleum products would “berth in a few days and a total of 20 cargoes are also expected with petroleum products’’.

    Kachikwu said that the NNPC had, as at Wednesday, discharged products at its depots, adding that emergency supply, quick truck delivery and stricter monitoring were measures adopted to ensure that queues disappeared.

    He added that NNPC would use additional trucking to major cities using strategic reserves from Suleja, Minna, Gusau and Gombe.

    This, he said, would help to service Abuja, Kano and Sokoto axis to feed the North-West, North-East.

    “I have asked the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency to ensure stricter sanctions on any station that refuses to abide by the rules.

    “They need to take a firm action to ensure that we get quick results,’’ he said.

    Kachikwu further assured that the market would be flooded with more products to cushion effects of over-subscription through Kaduna refinery production, adding that Port Harcourt was expected to start producing 2.1 million litres of petrol per day.

    He said that it was expected that with the adopted strategies, the queues would “slide down’’ in one week.

    On long-term strategy, he said that ultimate result would come when the refineries resumed optimal production.

    The minister said that work would commence effectively in the refineries in January.

    Executive Secretary of DPR, Mr Modecai Ladan, said that many sanctions awaited filling stations found compromising the dispensing process, warning that the stations would be shut down or charged N275 per litre.

    He said that any station found hoarding products would either be sealed or its product auctioned or dispensed free-of-charge to consumers.

    Ladan added that depending on the offence, defaulters may be shut down for six months or blacklisted.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a drive round Abuja metropolis and highways revealed that only a few filling stations were opened for operation, serving long queues.

    NAN

  • DPR digitalises oil marketers licensing process

    DPR digitalises oil marketers licensing process

    The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR)  yesterday launched online license processing to checkmate illegal marketers responsible for diverting petroleum products and operating without genuine license.

    At a seminar organised for interaction and education of all independent patroleum marketers on online license processing in Kaduna, the Department said transiting from analogue license processing to digital is necessary, in order for petroleum marketers to do their businesses with ease.

    Speaking to reporters shortly after the event, the DPR Northwest Zonal Operations Controller, Alhaji Isa Tafida said with the introduction of online lincense processing, it will be easier for domestic investors to come in and do their business, and “whatever requirements is needed to be obtained for your organisation is there online.”

    He said the online processing will prevent physical contact between DPR officers and oil businessmen, adding that, “you don’t need to come to me or anybody and start begging to process your license; you can do that by opening your computer in your room and filling the required documents.”

  • DPR to automate operations

    DPR to automate operations

    The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is set to roll out a digitalisation programme to automate its critical operations, enhance efficiency of its regulatory deliverables and accelerate recovery of outstanding revenues due to the government.

    This is contained in a statement by the by Paul Osu of the Public Affairs Department, which said the programme, when rolled out, will improve regulatory service delivery to stakeholders, promote transparency and effective monitoring of the oil and gas industry, enhance the ease of doing business in the oil and gas sector in alignment with the government’s executive order 001, and upgrade the DPR’s operational standards to world-class levels.

    According to him, one of the automation project in the works is IMPEX (Import and Export) Permit digitalisation. The project will automate the administrative role of issuing import and export permits on petroleum products. It will ensure timely and transparent automation for ease of obtaining permits for importing or exporting petroleum products.

    Fiscal Payment Administrative System (FISPAS)  is designed to enhance the collection of government revenue like royalty, concession rentals, and flare penalty, among others. It will ensure timely and transparent e-billing of companies, thereby enhancing the government’s  revenue profile.

    Smart Inspector is the electronic monitoring/reporting system of petroleum product retail outlets nationwide.  It ensures generation of real-time and accurate data of retail outlets and has the overall objective of curbing irregularities in the provision of service to customers by retail outlets.

    It will be recalled that in 2014, DPR automated the process of issuing oil and gas industry service permit (OGISP), a statutory requirement issued to Nigerian registered companies seeking to render services in the oil and gas industry, is categorised into the general, major and specialised categories.

    It was later followed by the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS ) launch, which is designed to receive in real time oil and gas production data from the fields and enhance transparency of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry in alignment with    government’s aspiration.

     

    The DPR wishes to assure all stakeholders that we will continue to strive for excellence with integrity in the discharge of our regulatory oversight functions to the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, he said.

  • NIMASA partners DPR on quality fuel for ships

    The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency ( NIMASA) is partnering with the Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR) to ensure that only quality fuel and oil are supplied to vessels operating on the nation’s territorial waters.

    The partnership, the agency said, became necessary to monitor and control Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) from ships in line with the Kyoto Protocol and the  International Maritime Organisation ( IMO) sulphur content specification of 0.5mm by the 2020.

    Speaking at a stakeholders forum organised by the agency on MARPOL Annex V1 and other emerging issues on Climate Change in the Nigerian Maritime Sector in Lagos, yesterday, its Director-General, Dr Dakuku Peterside, said the agency is also collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Environment to create a detailed action plan that will assist the country to effectively address climate change issues as they affect the maritime industry.

    The MARPOL Annex V1 was first adopted in 1997, to limit the air pollutants contained in ships exhaust gas, including Sulphur Oxides (SOx) and Nitrous Oxides ( NOx) and prohibits deliberate emission of ozone depleting substances ( ODS).

    With the amendment to MARPOL Annex V1, the IMO, Pterside said, has developed practical assistance to support its uniform implementation throughout the global fleet.

    “They are as well developing an all-encompassing data collection system for ships fuel consumption, since carbons emission and fuel efficiency are directly linked.”

    NIMASA, Peterside said, will ensure full compliance to the Annex V1 and prosecute any ship owner for emission of ozone depleting substances which include halons and chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs).

    No ship owner, he said, would engage in  incineration on board ship of certain products like contaminated packaging materials and polychlorinated biphenyls ((PCBs) without being prosecuted by NIMASA.

    “Today, we are making yet another history in our collective efforts, in combating climate change and adapting to the impact of global warming in Nigeria.

    “Your presence at this occasion is a testimony of our collective concerto reduce the carbon foot print of our country, and improve the condition and living standard of the people already threatened by the impact of the climate change.

    “”Since the world economy relies on shipping, it is just a simple fact that sustainable development will rely on a sustainable  and efficient transportation system.

    “As you may be aware, a new global climate change agreement has been negotiated and agreed in Paris ( COP 21), and from all indications, the demand for shipping services will increasingly be from developing countries.

    “This assertion is very true for Nigeria and other African countries. It is in this regard that NIMASA which is the National Focal Point (NFP) for the implementation of the convention is organising this event to support the efforts of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) by aligning our activities with that of the IMO,” Peterside said.

    Many NIMASA staff, he added, had been trained to key in to the science and art of the climate change for effective monitoring of ships calling at the nation’s sea ports. Over 400 participants attended the event.