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Fuel scarcity persists in Abuja
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Petroleum products marketers and the
Federal Government on Monday have set aside their face-off resolved with
government, resolving to immediately mobilize to ensure restoration of normal
supply of fuel throughout the country.
At
the end of a meeting convened by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Upstream
and downstream) to resolve the crisis, Chairman, Major Oil Marketers
Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Obafemi Olawore, said its members, consisting
Oando, Conoil, Forte Oil, MRS, Total and Mobil Oil agreed to commence lifting
and distribution of fuel immediately from the stock supplied by the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), PREMIUM TIMES reports.
Capital
Oil and Gas Ltd had on Sunday commenced the loading of 13 million litres of
petrol from its depot in Apapa for distribution to the various states to reduce
the current scarcity.
The
Chairman of the company, Ifeayin Ubah, told journalists in Lagos that more than
2,000 trucks would be loaded before May 29 to boost the country’s economic
activities.
He
said the company’s facilities had the capacity to load 13 million litres of the
product within the period.
“This
comes to approximately 500 trucks of petroleum products on daily basis. With
this, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile and
return to normal family and work life.
“We call on other petroleum
marketers to follow suit and save our nation from this impending economic and
social crisis,’’ he said.
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