NNPCL Assures That Current Petrol Scarcity Will End on Wednesday

Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has assured that the current petrol scarcity would be cleared by tomorrow.

The company says between today and tomorrow, the queue at filling stations would be cleared.

NNPCL Chief Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, speaking in Lagos on Tuesday, said the company at the moment has in stock more than 1.5 billion liters of petrol, which could last for at least 30 days.

He blamed the current disruption in petrol in the past three days on logistics problems which has been resolved.

Soneye, however, said in Nigeria, it takes double times to restore Nirmal supply whenever there was a disruption in the petrol sector value chain.

The NNPCL spokesman also said some people are taken advantage of the situation to maximize profits.

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A 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.

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.