The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity and queues will be cleared out by Wednesday, April 31.

Olufemi Soneye, Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.

According to Mr Soneye, the company currently has an availability of product exceeding 1.5 billion litres, which can last for at least 30 days.


“Unfortunately, we experienced a three-day disruption in distribution due to logistical issues, which has since been resolved.

“However, as you know, overcoming such disruptions typically requires double the amount of time to return to normal operations,” he said.

He said: “Some folks are taking advantage of this situation to maximize profits.

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“Thankfully, product scarcity has been minimal lately, but these folks might be exploiting the situation for unwarranted gain

“The lines will be cleared out between today and tomorrow,” Mr Soneye assured.

Similarly, Hammed Fashola, the National Vice President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, expressed hope that the queues in Lagos and Ogun would ease off this week, relying on the words of the NNPCL.

Mr Fashola, however, stated that the queues in Abuja might tarry a bit due to the distance to Lagos.

“The information available to us from the NNPCL was that there was a logistics problem, and when that happens, it will disrupt the supply chain.


“That might be a delay in the movement of ships from the mother vessel to the daughter vessel before it gets to the depot tanks.




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“Before we can correct that, surely it will take some days. I think by Tuesday or Wednesday, there will be more products available for lifti¹ng by marketers.

“It might take time before it can ease off in Abuja, considering the distance to Lagos and the bad roads; Lagos might be calm this new week,” Mr Fashola assured.

NAN correspondent who monitored the situation on Monday reports that stranded motorists and commuters have expressed concern over frequent fuel scarcity in Lagos metropolis.

This has resulted in a few commercial vehicles, which led to a hike in fares.

The situation within Lagos metropolis showed that only a few filling stations were selling, with long queues in most parts.

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NAN reports that this was also the same situation within Abule -Egba and environs, Abbatoir Road in Agege, Akowonjo Road, Bariga, Fola- Agoro and the popular Lasu-Igando Road.

The few filling stations that dispensed petrol had long queues of vehicles stretching some meters.

Across the metropolis on Monday, petrol queues were seen at filling stations like Mobil, NIPCO, TotalEnergies, Forte Oil and ConOil along Ikorodu Road.

North West at Maryland, Gbagada, NIPCO along Ijede road, Ikorodu, and TotalEnergies at the NNPC bus stop in Ejigbo stretched to about 500 metres from the pumps.

NAN

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The government of will

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If Tinubu still want to save his reputation from totally damaging remove Mele Kolo Kyari.

NNPCL only used the scarcity to test their might in the retail business. The scarcity becomes pronounced the moment most NNPC service stations closes gate.

I don't understand. What exactly is the cause of fuel scarcity again?

At what price?

And what will be the price of petrol by Wednesday? Again will the increased cost of transportation disappear by Wednesday? We are know that when transport costs go up, they never come down. Even when they come down, the margin is negligible.

April 31

It's only a fool that will believe the blabbings of these wicked people in government. I can swear that it's a deliberate act of disruption that led to the scarcity just to rip the masses off of their money after raising the pump price.

Creation of scarcity to raise prices that will never come down.

Government of lies and propaganda. Believe them at your peril.

Divide this country now.

April 31st? What year is it.

I dont know where Nigeria is heading to again

April 31st be bawo? When will this propaganda ends

promise and fail gang

funny government