NNPC, DPR Assure Nigerians Of Adequate Fuel Supply

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has assured Nigerians of adequate supply of petroleum products across the country.
The Group General Manager Public Affairs of the Corporation, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, gave this assurance in statement where he explained that NNPC has a stock of petroleum products that could serve the country for 42 days.
“The petroleum products we have in our storage facilities right now can serve the entire country for 42 days if in that period we do not receive further supplies.
But the good thing is that we are receiving supplies every day, and I can assure you that there will be enough fuel from now through the period of the Muslim and Christian festivities up to the New Year,” Ajuonuma said. He called on members of the public to desist from panic buying as there was no reason whatsoever to entertain fears about possible fuel scarcity, adding that “the PMS stock in the country can last for 42 days, same for other products”.
Ajuonuma also called on major and independent petroleum marketers to cooperate with the NNPC to ensure that petroleum products are adequately distributed so as to get them to members of the public.
He urged marketers to desist from products hoarding and the practice of dispensing fuel with only one nozzle at their fuel stations, explaining that any marketer found doing so would have their stations closed down by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR. He further explained that a joint committee made up of NNPC and DPR officials has been set up to monitor the supply of petroleum products across the country