*Directs DPR, IPMAN to Appear Before it

The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday directed its Committee on Commerce, Industries and Women Affairs to look into the causes of acute fuel scarcity in the state with a view to finding amicable solution to the problem.

Already, the house has directed the Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR), State Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, Major Petroleum Marketers Association and other stakeholders to appear before the house on Wednesday on the issue.

This is part of resolutions reached by the House following a Matter of Urgent Public Importance raised by a member representing Adena/Bani/Gweria Constituency Hon. Ba'aziki Suleiman on the persistent fuel scarcity in the State.

The Deputy Speaker Hon. Mathew Okedare who presided over the sitting said the fuel situation in the state was going out of hand and the House according to him would not fold its hand and watch the trend to continue unabated.

The Deputy Speaker equally mandated the Leader, the Deputy Leader and the Deputy Chief Whip of the House Hon. Hassan Oyeleke, Hajia Segilola Abdulkadir and Hon.. Ebun Owolabi to be part of the committee to ensure amicable resolution to the fuel scarcity in the State.

He directed the committee to invite the hierarchy of the Directorate of Petroleum Resources (DPR), State Ministry of Commerce and Cooperatives, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, Major Petroleum Marketers Association and other stakeholder tomorrow and report to the House on Wednesday(today)

Members had while contributing on the matter identified causes of the scarcity in the state and urged the House to as a matter of urgency wade into the problem with a view to resolving it to check the untold hardship occasioned by the fuel scarcity.