By Moses Patience Chat
Rainoil Limited, a major downstream petroleum products marketer, has opened a 5000 squared-metre petrol filling station in Azagba Community of Benin City, the Edo State capital.
This was disclosed by the Group Managing Director (MD) of the Company, Gabriel Ogbechie, who stated that the newly opened filling station is expected to give customers access to the same quality of service available at any Rainoil station, and also ensure that customers get value for their money.
According to him, “the petrol station that is being commissioned is an addition to our fleet of petrol filling stations and is a significant addition to the existing Rainoil network of stations across the country.
“I am glad to announce to you that as of today Rainoil has a presence in 26 states in this country and we are very happy to be in Benin City and to be in this particular location because Benin City is a town that is very important and strategic to Rainoil because when we talk of the Rainoil catchment area, the Rainoil sphere of influence, Edo State in general, and Benin City in particular ranks very high in our reckoning and that is why we are sighting this befitting mega station in Benin.”
While addressing journalists at the event, Dr Ogbechie said that the motivating factor for building the station at the Benin bypass was strategically economic.
“I studied the traffic, and I know that a lot of travellers usually come from Lagos and when they leave Lagos, their next point of filling is in Benin. So, we decided that the Benin Bypass would be most appropriate for this purpose,” he explained.