By Ibrahim Garba
Abuja (Core Reporters) The Anti-pipeline Vandalization/Oil Theft Task Force in the Six States of the Niger Delta region has commended as “dogged” and “patriotic” the efforts of the retail section of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) head by Mr Huub Stokman for ensuring that all petrol stations have availability of supply nationwide.
According to the anti-Oil theft Task Force, which is made up of Ex-Militant leaders and Stakeholders from the Oil producing communities of the region, since the assumption of Huub Stokman as the Managing Director, Retail, NNPCL, the narrative has changed drastically following the disappearance of queues and hoarding of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and including diversion of products.
The National Coordinator of the Anti-pipeline Vandalization/Oil Theft Task Force in the Six States of the Niger Delta, Comrade Pathfinder Fiawei (a.k.a General Osama) in a statement issued at the end of an emergency meeting held in Abuja, appreciated the Huub Sokman and staff of the retail section of the NNPCL for their commitment, doggedness, patriotic actions and hard-work to ensure almost petrol stations have products to service Nigerians.
According to the statement signed Comrade Pathfinder Fiawei (a.k.a General Osama), Stokman assumption of office as the Managing Director, Retail has changed the narrative drastically following the disappearance of queues and hoarding of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, and including diversion of products.
The group also acknowledged that Stokman being a former Managing Director of OVH Energy Company, is now a game changer in the nation’s oil sector, most especially in the downstreambsector.
“As an astute global professional and administrator par excellence in the oil and gas sector and with an intimidating and outstanding track record, while he served in OVH, he has brought his solid wealth of experience to turn around things in the nation’s downstream sector.”
“He has added that his landmark achievement at OandO Plc still resonates before taking over the helms of affair as the MD, NNPC Retail Limited.”
The statement reads in part, “The leadership of Anti-Pipeline Vandalization/Oil Theft Task Force Group (AVOTTG) in the Niger Delta region commends the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company limited (NNPCL) Retail, Mr Huub Stokman, for his hard work, transparent service delivery and dedication to the Retail Organization and for putting all measures, mechanism in place to curtail shortage of petroleum products popular known as PMS in the country.”
“We as stakeholders in the oil sector categorically and unequivocally state that since Mr Huub Stockman assumed office as the Managing Director, Retail of the NNPCL, and the increasing cases of queues in the petrol stations across the country and diversion of petroleum products and hoarding of PMS in most of the petrol stations is now a thing of the past.”
“More especially in the area of efficient and transparent distribution of petroleum products across the over 380 NNPC Retail Outlets and independent marketers and major marketers filling stations, and depots nationwide.”
Meanwhile, according to the ex-militants leaders, Stockman’s emergence as the new chairman of Major Oil Marketers Association Of Nigeria (MOMAN) is not by accident, but based on the display of dexterity, capacity, capability, hard work, competence, and dedication to transparent service delivery, which he had navigated the nation’s oil industry, and bringing it up to an enviable height in accordance with best global practice, whereby he had never discriminated any of the oil marketers across the country”.
“This is also a testament of the great work Mr Huub Stockman is doing that makes him outstanding professional with legacies of transparency and diligence he had shown so far including due diligence and sincerity of purpose in landscaping the affairs of NNPC Retail Limited”, the group added.
However, the group expressed optimism that the skeletal issues of fuel queues being experienced in some parts of the country will disappear as soon as possible, because he (Stockman) has been working hard in synergy with the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) NNPCL, Mele Kyari, and other organs of NNPC in collaboration with stakeholders in the sector, particularly, the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) in making sure adequate volume of petroleum products are available for transparent distribution chain across the six geopolitical zones of the country.
Meanwhile, the ex-militants also threw their weight behind Stokman, “As a foremost ex-militant leaders who deeply involved in the war against pipeline vandalism oil theft and illegal bunkering in the creeks of the Niger Delta region and as stakeholders in the nation’s oil sector, we will like to affirm that the emergence of Mr Huub Stockman as the Managing Director of NNPC Retail Limited is one of the best things that has happened to the nation’s oil downstream sector so far”.
They also commended the Bulk Sales Manager, NNPC Retail Limited, Mr Isah Ismael, “And also in all sincerity of purpose, as ex-militant leaders who are working hard in collaboration with the law enforcement agencies in the country as stakeholders in the fight against pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the creeks of Niger Delta region, emphatically commend one of the outstanding and most performed staff of NNPC Retail Limited who is the Bulk Sales Manager, Mr Isah Ismael, for his competence, transparency, capability and dedication to service delivery in the nation’s oil sector.
“Indeed, Ismael has been working hard and tirelessly in support of the Managing Director of NNPC Retail Limited in making sure that there is constant availability and proper distribution of petroleum products transparently, so we deemed it fit to commend you also for doing a good job in NNPC Retail Limited.”
However, the group called on Nigerians to support the efforts of the Tinubu-led administration and the NNPCL as they work to change the narrative in the sector.
“At this juncture, we the ex-militant leaders under the auspices of Anti-Pipeline Vandalization/ Oil Theft Task Force, hereby call on well-meaning Nigerians and stakeholders in the nation’s downstream sector to collaborate with the Managing Director of NNPC Retail Limited, Mr Huub Stockman, and its entire management to work closely in order to address the issues of fuel queues being experienced in some major cities in the country”, they said.
They also added that, “The queues are caused by some unpatriotic and unscrupulous elements who engage in diverting and hoarding of most the petroleum products in their various filing stations and also engaged in criminal adjustment of pump price at their filling stations, therefore, leading to panic buying.”
