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Nigeria: NNPC Explains Queues At Petrol Stations
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This Day (Lagos)
27 March 2008
Posted to the web 27 March 2008
Chika Amanze-Nwachuku
Lagos
Petroleum tanker drivers, yesterday, resumed massive loading of products from both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot and Independent Petroleum Marketers' depot to ensure adequate supply to consumers across the country and fill the supply gap.
Long queues had resurfaced in parts of the country, Tuesday, due to inadequate product's supply as the drivers could not lift products from the depots due to the Easter and Sallah holidays.
Explaining the situation in a release yesterday, NNPC spokesman, Dr. Livi Ajuonuma said, the build-up of queues being experienced in filling stations presently is a temporary development which arose from the public holidays observed by the tanker drivers.
He assured that the corporation has adequate stock of both Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol and Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATK) to meet consumers demand, adding that the current scarcity of ATK being experienced is mainly a distribution problem.
He urged marketers to intensify loading of products to ensure adequate supplies to the filling stations as well as the Aviation Industry.
Also yesterday, authorities of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and the Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO) confirmed that massive products loading had commenced nation-wide.
As at the time of filling this report, over 150 trucks had already loaded from NIPCO depot in Apapa, Lagos , for onward supply to filling stations across the country. About 300 trucks were also waiting to load from the depot.
Spokesman of the company, Mr. Lawal Taofeek assured that the situation will ease by today, as most filling stations, including those in the northern part of the country would have been supplied.
The NNPC statement read:
"The attention of the management of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been drawn to the gradual build up of queues in the filling stations.
"NNPC management wishes to assure our customers that the queues presently being experienced at the filling stations is a temporary development arising from the public holidays observed by tanker drivers. The tanker drivers have since resumed massive product loading to close the supply gap.
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"We also wish to assure our customers and indeed the general public that we have adequate and robust stock of both PMS (Premium Motor Spirit) and ATK (Aviation Turbine Fuel). The current scarcity of ATK being experienced is mainly a distribution problem. As at today we have in excess of 20 day's sufficiency for ATK and PMS.
"We therefore wish to appeal to Marketers to intensify loading of Products to ensure adequate supplies to the Aviation industry and to Filling Stations.
"We expect normalcy to return very soon as motorists fill up their tanks after the Eid-el Maulud and Easter break. Hoarding and panic buying are strongly discouraged."
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