Nigeria: Long Queues Persist As PPPRA Orders 26 Million Barrels of Petrol in First Quarter

28 February 2014

Fuel supply situation across the country remained tight Thursday in spite of firm assurances by both the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) of the availability of the products at the depots to meet the country's demand.

This is as facts emerged yesterday that about 30 companies were granted licences to import around 26 million barrels of gasoline, or around 3.1 million tonnes, in the first quarter of this year, down slightly from the previous quarter. Investigations by THISDAY showed that most petrol stations in Lagos were not dispensing products yesterday and the few that were selling had long queues of anxious motorists waiting to buy.

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