The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured that the lingering scarcity of petroleum products would be over in the next couple of days.
Group Executive Director/COO Upstream of the NNPC, Mr. Bello Rabiu, who disclosed this at a press briefing at the State House in Abuja, said at least 1,500 trucks of fuel would be made available every day until all the problems are solved.
He said said the scarcity would soon be permanently addressed through import and local refineries.
“We are almost on 100 per cent on trucking to the hinterland; that is the only way we can get it to the whole market but the plan is that going forward from today we want to ensure that we give more than we require in the whole country.
“The actual requirement of the country is just 1,300 trucks but our plan is to make at least 1,500 trucks available every day until all the problems are solved. We want to make sure that we saturate the market in a very short time and presently, Lagos is cleared, Abuja is getting better and other places will follow,” he said.
Bello, who addressed journalists alongside Group Executive Director (Downstream), Mr. Henry Obih; Group Executive Director (Refineries), Mr. Anibor Kragha and the spokesperson of the corporation, Garba Deen Mohammed, said NNPC has already pushed 160 trucks into cities across the country on Tuesday.
“We are now in a position to say that each state’s demand has been captured; we know the need and we are trying to ensure that all the states are supplied,” he said.
He said the corporation was ready to announce daily supply of products to the states, and that governors have expressed readiness to put task force that would ensure that products were delivered to the consumers.
