Tag: NARTO

Petrol scarcity looms as NARTO plans to withdraw haulage

Aminu Imam

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, (NARTO), has threatened to stop haulage of petroleum products across the country on account of the N430 per litre cost of diesel and other operational challenges. The association’s National President, Yusuf Lawal Othman, stated in Abuja yesterday, that the operational cost has become unbearable and would in the coming week cripple haulage of the product. While some States, including the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), have been struggling with fuel scarcity despite promises of the sufficiency of the product by the Nigerian National Petroleum…

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Petrol scarcity looms as NARTO orders tanker drivers to begin strike

Ishaku Yohanna

Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) on Monday ordered tanker drivers nationwide to halt operations beginning from Tuesday, September 22, 2020. NARTO gave the directive in Abuja in protest against the Federal Governments ban on petroleum trucks above 45,000 litres from plying Nigerian roads. NARTO is the umbrella organisation of all commercial vehicles owners in Nigeria engaged in the haulage of petroleum products, general cargoes, and movement of goods and passengers within the country and the West-African sub-region. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja, NARTOs National President, Yusuf…

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