The long queues for petrol by motorists and other users have disappeared at filling stations in Abuja following increased supply of the product to the capital city by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), correspondent, who monitored the situation reports that the chaotic situation witnessed at major filling stations in Abuja in the last few weeks has disappeared with motorists now buying the product with ease.
Abuja and its environs battled with fuel scarcity for about over a week due to what the NNPC termed diversion of the product by some marketers.
But when NAN went round the city yesterday, virtually all the filling stations in the metropolis were selling fuel with no queues at their premises.
At the popular Conoil filling station, opposite the NNPC Towers in Central Area, it took just about five minutes for motorists to buy fuel whereas they had been spending hours daily on the queue since the scarcity started.
Acting Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Fidel Pepple, told NAN that some marketers had been diverting the products from the Kaduna refinery meant for Abuja and environs.
He said the corporation, through its subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), set up a monitoring committee to ensure filling stations dispense the products they got daily.
He said the PPMC also stepped up its daily supply of products from the Kaduna refinery to Abuja to about 100 trucks to eliminate scarcity.
Pepple warned fuel station owners and marketers to shunacts that could stall effective supply and dispensing of products to the public, adding that anyone caught in shady activities would be appropriately sanctioned and called on motorists to avoid panic buying and hoarding of the product as the NNPC has enough of the products for the nation.
source:the leader
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