NNPC deploys volumes of petrol as queues build up in Abuja

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), yesterday announced the deployment of additional trucks of petrol to arrest the emerging fuel queues in some fuel stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

NNPC explained that it has increased the fuel truck- out to Abuja and environs from the usual average of 160 trucks per day to 250 trucks (8.25 million litres) to arrest the lull experienced due to last weekend’s State House of Assembly re-run election in Niger State which affected truck movement from the Suleja depot.

The queues were noticed in Abuja and it’s environs yesterday as motorists, especially taxi drivers lament the situation.

A taxi driver who pleaded anonymity told Peoples Daily that he stayed in a queue for close to four hours before he could get fuel to start his business.

He inquired what could have caused the scarcity after the removal of subsidy by the federal government.

However,  a statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ohi Alegbe said, the Corporation while calling on members of the public to refrain from all forms of hoarding, diversion and panic buying of petroleum products, assured of availability of petrol to meet the demand of consumers in Abuja and beyond.

“Apart from the additional injection of volumes of petrol into the market, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC has stepped up monitoring across fuel stations to ensure strict compliance with laid down rules and regulations on the sales and distribution of petroleum products,’’ NNPC stated.