The perennial fuel crisis which has blighted
the year worsened across the country, weekend, as hundreds of motorists slept
in petrol stations with the intention of purchasing the products.
This
was even as the Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Pipelines and
Products Marketing Company, PPMC, and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory
Agency, PPPRA , to commence a special supply intervention measures to
bring an end to the perennial fuel scarcity witnessed across the country.
This
intervention, according to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and
Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr.
Ibe Kachikwu, is to ensure a country-wide availability of petroleum
products ahead of the forthcoming yuletide and beyond.
To
this end, the NNPC, in a statement in Abuja, noted that the Kaduna
Refinery and Petrochemical Company resumed operation over the weekend while the
intervention was kick-started with the ramping up of additional supply
via massive truck-out to guarantee product penetration to the nooks and
crannies of the country.
According
to the NNPC, daily fuel truck out to locations such as Abuja, Kaduna, Kano,
Enugu, Ibadan and Jos has been increased significantly to enhance free flow of
products across the country.
The
NNPC stated that it was consolidating its strategic alliance with some major
depot owners and oil marketers with strong regional logistics outlay in those
areas to ensure maximum infiltration of products especially in the hinterland
ahead of the forthcoming Christmas and New Year festivities.
-Vanguard
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