Amidst lingering fuel supply dislocations and strike threats there are indications that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a few oil marketers have stepped up importation of the products. About 37 ships most of them laden with petroleum products are expected to arrive Nigerian ports between last weekend and July 25, 2015, according to Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA).
The development is not unconnected to a recent meeting between officials of the oil marketers' association on one had and the NNPC, the ministry of petroleum resources and finance ministry on the other hand.
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