…’Cause of tightness resolved’ – NNPC
Fuel scarcity is biting hard on Lagos Abuja Kaduna residents, as motorists are forced to buy the product for as high as N1, 100 per liter from black marketers.
According to reports, many passengers going to work and their business premises were stranded following the scarcity of fuel across the State and very few commercial operators were providing services.
Most filling stations were not dispensing fuel, and the few which had the product hiked the pump price to between N750 and N810 per litre. Despite the hike, long queues were seen at the stations.
Residents say they bought half a gallon of fuel, which amounts to two litres, for N2, 200. He said he was considering dropping his vehicle and opting for commercial means of transportation if the problem persisted.
It was further gathered that commercial operators are also taking advantage of the scarcity to hike up their fares.
Commuters in Kaduna who said they usually paid N100 from NNPC filling station in Millennium City to a roundabout where she picks another tricycle to her destination, revealed that, “After waiting three hours without getting a ride, I had no option but to board the next available ‘keke’, who charged me N300 to the same destination”.
?Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has clarified that the tightness in the supply of PMS currently being experienced have been resolved.
According to a press statement issued yesterday, signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, the NNPC reiterated that the prices of petroleum products are not changing.
It urged Nigerians to avoid panic buying as there is a sufficiency of products in the country.
