23rd May, 2016
It threatened to shut down loading activity, if the Federal Government fails to repair the road.
The Mosimi depot supplies petroleum product to Lagos, Ogun and some states in the Southwest.
Lagos Zonal Chairman of NUPENG Tokunbo Korodo made this known at the inauguration of the secretariat of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Mosimi Unit.
Korodo lamented that despite the significant amount of money the government gets from the depot, the road has remained in a bad shape.
He warned that NUPENG would suspend loading of fuel for Lagos and Ogun consumers as well as adjourning states in the Southwest, if the poor state of the road persists.
“This is the only road that connects Ogun and Lagos besides the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway.
”It is also an alternative route. The way tankers are passing and making use of that road, God forbid, if any tanker should tumble, the aftermath will be too disastrous.
“That’s why we are using this medium to call on the government to ensure proper rehabilitation, because if the government fails to do that, we will not hesitate to shut down loading at the depot and that will be too bad,” he said.
The Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Michael Sonariwo, blamed former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the state of the road.
Sonariwo said he had led a delegation to meet Obasanjo when he was President but lamented he did not respond.