NNPC Apologises For Fuel Scarcity, to Release 1,500 Trucks Daily

Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Wednesday, apologised for the lingering fuel scarcity in the country. The agency however, assured that the problem had been resolved with adequate supply of Premium Motor Spirit through import and the local refineries. Spokesman for NNPC, Garba Deen Mohammed, and the Group Executive Directors, Upstream, Mr Bello Rabiu, Downstream, Henry Obih and Refineries, Anibor Kragha, told state House Correspondents that five vessels had berthed in the ports discharging products all over the country. According to Bello, the ships are in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Warri ports to complement importation from private dealers all together discharging at least 120 million litres of products. Bello said that in moving the products up to the hinterlands, the NNPC had the only option of trucking as most of the pipelines were not working