The Petroleum Products Retail Outlet Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has inaugurated the body’s Quality Assurance and Quality Control (PQAQC) compliance team at national, regional and state levels to support the new 3P app. The app, also known as Petroleum Product Passport, is a technology service solution that will enable PETROAN and indeed critical stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to monitor quality and quantity of petroleum products sold at various outlets nationwide.
Speaking at the Launch last Saturday in Owerri, President of PETROAN, Dr Prince Billy Harry, said the summation of the whole idea behind the introduction of the 3P is “to ensure clean and accurate supply of petroleum product supplies for Nigeria, from all retail outlets nationwide.” He said the PQAQC team will have to monitor the outlets to ensure that project is not compromised.
“The 3P app will enable our network, and even the stakeholders in the industry to standardize activities in the chain across the regions and states,” the Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture former president, said
Highlights of the event were the delivery of two lectures titled, ‘The Importance of Quality Petroleum Products Usage in Our Society,’ and ‘The Essence of Monitoring and Compliance Team and Quality Control Petroleum Distribution in Our Nation’.
He explained that the success of this app rests squarely on the retail outlets. “All retail outlets are required to retail only quality, approved petroleum products approved and supplied by the authorities. All products by our members must be accurate as approved by authorities. Petroan will enforce compliance by all retail outlets,” Dr Harry said, stressing that the 3P app will ensure uniform petroleum products quality and quantity
Billy Harry described PETROAN as the last mile and indeed, ‘final point of sale’ in the petroleum supply chain. “PETROAN is the touch point with the end consumer. This makes us the most important functional point in the entire petroleum product supply chain,” he said
3P will run on PETROAN’s heavy network of over 35,000 retail outlets, and more than 15,000 licensed DPR petroleum storage facilities (fuel dumps) scattered nationwide. The outlets, Harry stressed, will ensure optimal distribution of petroleum products all over the nation, and also ensure that all impediments confronting her members in the course of transactions are nipped at the bud to pave way for the public to enjoy seamless and equitable service delivery
He pointed out that since coming on board, PETROAN has unified all marketing associations as well as outlet owners in the petroleum products,’ downstream sector in Nigeria, “and has restored hope and future to real licensed petroleum gas outlets owners by reducing excessive charges, intimidations and molestations by touts who disguise as government agencies.
