The Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo has invited the leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria for a meeting over the claim of over N900 million debt to contractors who supplied diesel.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, this was disclosed by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Mr Tony Collins Nwabunwanne, in Awka on Thursday while reacting to the association’s letter of appeal.
IPMAN had in the letter begged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to pay members who were contractors to the Anambra government for the diesel they supplied to power streetlight generators in March and April 2022.
IPMAN said the debt was to the tune of N900,664,805.
Nwabunwanne informed newsmen that the government had taken notice of their complaint and would do everything to protect their businesses.
He, however, blamed the delay on discrepancies in the claims of the contractors.
He noted that his office will meet with the leadership of IPMAN, the umbrella body of the marketers, to reconcile the figures for settlement.
”I have invited the leadership of IPMAN for a meeting early next week for discussion, it is clear that they do not have the correct information on our dealings with the contractors, there are discrepancies.
“So, the meeting will enable us to reconcile these discrepancies and progress to the next step.
“The Gov. Chukwuma Soludo administration is a business friendly one and will do all that is possible to support and help them stay in business,” he said.
