Amidst the ongoing fuel scarcity experienced in Lagos and Abuja, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said it has two billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol in stock.
The Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Limited, Adeyemi Adetunji disclosed this in a statement, adding that the stock of over two billion litres is equivalent to over 30 days of sufficiency, NAN reports.
The NNPC, he said, has programmed vessels and trucks to unconstrained depots while massive load-outs from depots to states are closely monitored to ease fuel queues.
“The gridlock is easing out and NNPC Ltd has programmed vessels and trucks to unconstrained depots and massive load outs from depots to states are closely monitored,” he said.
Adetunji said that Abuja was impacted by the challenges recorded in Lagos, adding that NNPC retail and key marketers had intensified dedicated loading into Abuja to restore normalcy.
“We want to reassure Nigerians that NNPC has sufficient products and we significantly increased product loading in selected depots and extended hours at strategic stations to ensure sufficiency nationwide.
“We are also working with industry stakeholders to ensure normalcy is returned as soon as possible,” he said.