The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that fuel stations are to operate longer hours to improve the supply and distribution of petrol.
They called on fuel stations to help ensure availability given the current tight situation.
The Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Ltd, Dapo Segun, made this statement on Monday in Abuja during a joint inspection of fuel stations by the firm and officials from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the NNPC and NMDPRA have embarked on joint monitoring of fuel supply and distribution in the Federal Capital Territory and across the country to ensure that queues disappear.
Speaking during the inspection, Segun said there was a gap in the ship-to-shore discharge of PMS which he described as a volatile liquid, adding that during thunderstorms it could not be discharged rather it had to suspend ship-to-shore movement.
“This also affected the loading of trucks at the depot because of safety reasons, so we have to suspend all that during thunderstorms and that’s why you see this tightness.
“Though we have a challenge over the bad portions of motorways which deteriorated due to rains and flooding across the country, we will ensure that we are loading out all through the weekend and that we are mobilizing trucks.
“We are getting fuel stations to run for longer hours and we are getting marketers to collaborate and share stocks, rather than have a station with more trucks, they can release those trucks to other stations for circulation,’’ he said.
Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google News online channel.
