Oil marketers under the aegis of
Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers’ Association, DAPPMA, on Tuesday dared
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to prove her allegation.
The marketers, who spoke in
separate interview with Vanguard, were reacting to the allegation made by the
former Minister of Finance that some oil marketers planned to confine her to
wheelchair for fighting corruption under the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Okonjo-Iweala made the claim in
her new book entitled, ‘Fighting Corruption is Difficult.’
The Executive Secretary of
DAPPMA, Femi Adewale, said “she (Okonjo-Iweala) is free to make any allegation
deemed fit but she can help by naming the marketers.”
Also in his reaction to the
claim, the National President of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of
Nigeria, IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo, said that the association was not mentioned
in the statement.
He said, “Why will I react to
such issue? We are not importing. For IPMAN, our major operation is buying from
tank farms and NNPC depots.
“So you can know that she is not
referring to us. She is referring to those who are coming to claim subsidy, not
us.’’
On his part, Femi Olawore,
Executive Secretary, Major Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, said: “How
do I know the truth?
“I can only comment on our
working relationship. I enjoyed working with her because she was very
accessible.
“She worked against several
forces in order to reduce the subsidy claims. We had reasons to quarrel but
overall, she is a good Nigerian.”
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