NNPC Apologises To Nigerians For Fuel Scarcity

ABUJA — The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, apologised to
Nigerians for the hardship experienced in
purchasing petrol, while it also stated that it had
entered into a partnership with security agencies
in the country to assist in the monitoring of fuel
supply across the country.
He said: "We must all make sure that petroleum
products get across to Nigerians at the regulated
price especially as the yuletide season
approaches. We have enough products and we
want to plead with the Petroleum Tanker Drivers
(PTDs) not to be involved in the diversion of
petroleum products in order to avoid causing
untold hardship to motorists."
Role of the security agencies
Providing insight on the role of the security
agencies in curbing product diversion, Managing
Director of the Pipelines and Products Marketing
Company, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, said the
DSS and EFCC have been mobilized to bring to
book any marketer involved in sabotaging the
efforts of the Federal Government in making
petroleum products available to motorists across
the country.
She said: "We have invited the EFCC and DSS to
join us in this campaign of monitoring the
movement of petroleum products and they have
our mandate to sanction any errant marketer.
Enough is enough."
She urged Nigerians and other motorists to desist
from panic buying assuring that there are
sufficient petroleum products to
satisfy local consumption.
Meanwhile, giving breakdown of fuel supplied to
petrol stations, the NNPC stated that Suleja,
Kaduna, Kano, Minna, Gusau, Mosimi and Satelite
depots dispatched 7.398 million litres, 0.937
million litres, 4.4 million litres, 0.444 million litres,
0.939 million litres, 4.351 million litres and 1.937
million litres respectively.
In addition Ore, Ibadan, Gombe, Benin, Warri,
Port Harcourt, Aba, Makurdi and Enugu
dispatched 0.338 million litres, 0.412 million litres,
3.024 million litres, 0.318 million litres, 0.318
million litres, 3.097 million litres, 0.298 million
litres, 0.891 million litres and 1.737 million litres
respectively to petrol stations across the country
.