Nigeria’s Petroleum Products and Marketing Company (PPMC) has re-assured Nigerians that fuel would soon be available in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and other parts of the country experiencing short supply.
The Executive Director, Supply and Distribution, PPMC, Mr Justin Ezeale, gave the assurance today, saying the government was aware of the problems that arose from distribution of the product throughout the nation and a proactive measures has been put in place to address it.
Ezeale revealed that seven cargoes of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) arrived the country recently for distribution to various parts of the country, disclosing that 294 trucks of fuel were distributed to Lagos and another 336 trucks would be added. Abuja had gotten its own supplies, he added.
The Federal Government had embarked on massive importation of fuel in order to end the crippling fuel scarcity in major parts of the country, which included the nation’s commercial capital, Lagos.
He pointed out that adequate arrangement had been made to ensure the fuel was available nationwide putting into cognizance the nation’s 40 million litres daily consumption.
Ezeale disclosed that, “PPMC meets with major marketers and representatives of the Federal Government every day since the fuel crisis started few weeks ago.”
“The government is feeling the pains Nigerians are going through, hence the decision to meet regularly with stakeholders in the value chain in order to strategies on the issue of ending the fuel problems”, he said.
He further disclosed that government has engaged the services of members of Nigerian and Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to monitor the supply of fuel from depots to the filing stations, stressing that the decision was borne out of the need to stop diversion of the product.
