By our reporter| The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) on Tuesday directed all its depots and outlets to begin 24 hours operations to address the fuel scarcity across the country.
NNPC Group Executive Director (Downstream), Mr Adetunji Adeyemi, announced in Abuja amid the growing concerns over the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol.
“In order to accelerate PMS distribution across the country, NNPC limited has commenced 24 hours operations at its depots and retail outlets nationwide,” he said at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
According to Adeyemi, the company has several million litres of petrol in stock, and expects about 2.3 billion litres of petrol in the country by the end of the month.
He further stated that the retail outlets of major oil marketers have also commenced 24 hours service to ensure that more motorists were attended to daily.
“To address the (fuel scarcity) situation, over 2.3 billion litres will arrive the country between now and end of February 2022,” the NNPC group executive director said.
“This will restore sufficiency level above the national target of 30 days.
“As of today, NNPC has over one billion litres of petrol in stock and the petrol being dispensed at the various filling stations in the country is safe.
“Furthermore, NNPC has constituted a monitoring team with the support of the authority and other security agencies to ensure smooth distribution of petrol nationwide.”
Adeyemi made the announcement as a precautionary measure as the situation worsens in Abuja, Lagos, and some parts of the country where hundreds of motorists are left stranded on long fuel queues at the few filling stations dispensing petrol.
Cover Pix: A photo released by the NNPC shows Mr Adetunji Adeyemi and others at the briefing in Abuja on February 15, 2022.
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