A Civil Society Organisations (CSO), The Natives, has commended the Department of State Services (DSS) for seizing the initiative to put a stop to the scarcity of petroleum products at retail outlets across the country.
The group, in an issued statement at the weekend, noted that the move has suddenly changed the narrative of fuel queues.
Checks revealed that the DSS at a meeting with Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), the leadership of the Major Marketers, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) and the Tanker Drivers Branch of NUPENG gave a 24-hour ultimatum on Thursday that fuel scarcity must end at retail outlets.
Reviewing the situation at the retail outlets at the weekend, the President-General of the Natives, Smart Edwards, commended the DSS for coming to the rescue of ordinary Nigerians as he noted that the ultimatum has worked.
He said: The Natives commend the Department of state services for their prompt decision to intervene in the organised sabotage of the well-being and peace of Nigerians as the yuletide season approaches.
We commend the Director-General of the state department and his team for being proactive and responsive to the yearnings of Nigerians. Indeed, there seems to be a ray of hope, when the intelligence community rises to defend its citizens. We are glad to hear and see the DSS as not only restraining or curtailing threats but rising up to enforce sanity and order.
We urge them to find more collaboration with the security, civil society organisations and citizens to rid the oil sector of this unparalleled frustration of our national patrimony.
We encourage the DSS to go further and carry out national operations, as the ultimatum has not only signaled readiness, but also the capacity to halt the madness of artificial scarcity.
