THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has once again promised that the Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) will be available insufficient quantity within the shortest possible time, but that is after failing to fulfil the earlier pledges.
In the last two weeks, the NNPC has severally promised that long queues will vanish at filling stations.
On February 16, the company’s Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari said the queues would vanish the following week. On February 18, Group Manager for Public Affairs GarbaDeen Muhammad, quoting Kyari, assured that “queue will end in a few days.” At least the oil corporation has given one more promise of making fuel available since February 18, but none has been fulfilled.
Despite not fulfilling earlier pledges, NNPC, on February 25, gave new assurances of fuel availability to Nigerians. In a series of tweets by the state oil firm on the evening of Friday, it said; it was working assiduously with partners to ensure the product reached every part of the country.
“NNPC Ltd once again assures Nigerians that it has sufficient stock of petroleum products for distribution across the country and is working assiduously with partners to ensure the product reaches every part of the country.
“NNPC is further intensifying efforts to resolve distribution hitches being experienced in some parts of the country due to logistics issues
“To this effect, NNPC is engaging depot operators to load product round the clock to accelerate the restoration of normal distribution,” a section of the tweet read.
It also added that it had engaged the services of government security agencies to ensure that all products loaded got to the right destinations.
In Kwara and some other states, queues have persisted in the last three weeks at a filling stations, with street racketeers selling a litre of petrol between N300 to N500 as against N162-N165 official band.
In Kwara, residents trek long distances due to hike in transport fares, but motorists have also complained of the scarcity of the product which has been threatening their businesses.
Only God knows when this scarcity will end, what a country.
ReplyDeleteInfact the situation is getting out of hand as workers are finding it difficult going to work. I think in my own perception that the act is deliberate from the government. I haven't seen their intervention all this while
ReplyDeleteI think the need to privatize NNPC is a panacea to avert fuel scarcity in Nigeria
ReplyDeleteThere was a country called Nigeria. And she was a shameless country.
ReplyDeleteOur leaders don't care, simple!
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