Tashar mai ta Port Harcourt ta farfaɗo aikin ta bayan shekaru shida ta zama mararsa, wanda hakan ya ja hankalin manyan ƙungiyoyin masu siyar da man fetur a ƙasar.
Kamfanin NNPC da ke kula da tashar mai ta bayyana cewa, tashar mai ta Port Harcourt za ta samar da man fetur da sauran samfuran mai a yawan gaske, wanda zai kawo raguwar farashin man fetur a kasuwar gida.
Shugaban NMDPRA ya ce, tashar mai ta zai ba mutane damar zaɓi da kuma kawo gasa lafiya a fannin downstream. “Akan samu samfuran mai a ko’ina cikin ƙasar. Abin da ke da mahimmanci shi ne, za a samu gasa da zaɓi. Duk abin da muka yi magana a watan Yuli shi ne game da zaɓi, gasa, samarwa, da araha,” in ya ce.
Ya kara da cewa, farashin samfuran mai za su ragu saboda yawan samarwa a kasuwar gida. “Muna fatan tashar mai ta za ta ci gaba da kudiri na yanzu. Muna fatan cewa sashi na biyu na tashar mai ta za ta farfaɗo yanzu ba zato ba tsammani,” in ya ce.
Kungiyar Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) ta bayyana farin cikin ta game da farfaɗowar tashar mai ta. Mai magana da yawun kungiyar, Chinedu Ukadike, ya ce hakan shine kyawun tsarin deregulation wanda ya kawo karshen ikon mallaka na kamfanonin mai.
“Membobin IPMAN suna farin ciki game da tashar mai ta Port Harcourt. Yanzu mun samu tushen biyu na samfuran mai. Wannan ya kawo karshen ikon mallaka. Gasar ta fara kuma muna farin ciki. Ayyukan da ke gudana a cikin al’ummar da ke makwabtaka tashar mai sun farfaɗo. Zai rage kumburi a Ibeju-Lekki da Apapa,” in ya ce.
Kungiyar Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) ta kuma yabawa NNPC da shugaban ƙasa, Bola Tinubu, saboda nasarar da aka samu. Mai magana da yawun kungiyar, Joseph Obele, ya ce tashar mai ta Port Harcourt ta tabbatar da cewa, wasu mutane sun kashe kuduri.
“Hakan shine burin da aka tabbatar. Mutane da yawa suna tambaya mini idan hakan na gaskiya ne ko kuma labari. Mun yabawa NNPC da shugaban ƙasa saboda hakan. Yanzu mun samu umarni cewa masu siyar da man fetur za su fara kubawa daga tashar mai ta Port Harcourt,” in ya ce.
