Fuel queues have returned to Lagos
as many petrol retail outlets in some parts of the state shutdown their
stations, leading to long queues in a few filling stations that opened.
This is coming after the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) urged Nigerians to disregard media report
of an impending fuel scarcity due to purported refusal by some oil marketers to
lift products from depots.
Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC’s group
general manager, group public affairs division, had on Thursday issued a
statement saying that the tale on fuel scarcity was fabricated by mischief
makers with intent to create undue panic among Nigerians.
Ughamadu added that the NNPC has
over one billion litres of petrol in stock while imports of 48 vessels of
50million litres each have been committed for the month of April 2019 alone.
But on Saturday morning, long
queues were spotted in some filling stations in areas like Ojota, Ogba, Ayobo
and Ikeja, creating gridlock problems in the neighbourhoods.
While there was a rapid build-up
of queues in some stations along Ikorodu and Awolowo roads in Ikoyi, it is
understood that some stations stopped selling their products as early as 7pm on
Friday night, causing motorists to struggle to purchase fuel where the product
was available.
Meanwhile, oil marketers have
pleaded with Nigerians not to engage in panic buying, as the cause of the
scarcity has been addressed.
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