The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory
Authority has appealed to Nigerians not to engage in panic-buying of premium
motor spirit, popularly known as petrol, saying it has enough in stock.
The Chief Executive Officer, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, confirmed
this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday.
Ahmed said he had checked with the Major Oil Marketers
Association of Nigeria and Nigeria National Petroleum Company Ltd. on the level
of fuel stock and confirmed that they had sufficient stock.
“I spoke with the MOMAN’S Executive Secretary this morning
and he told me they have sufficient stock.
“I have directed them to start evacuating the product
immediately to filling stations.
“(The) NNPC has also confirmed sufficiency and they have
commenced evacuation.
“From now till tomorrow the situation will be back to
normal.
“I don’t know what is happening but we are on top of the
situation,” he said.
Ahmed assured that there was enough fuel and, therefore,
appealed to members of the public to avoid panic-buying as all efforts were
being made to resolve shortage in some filling stations in Lagos and its
environs.
The National Operations Controller of the Independent
Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Mike Osatuyi, attributed the
scarcity to unsteady supply in the past few days.
Osatuyi told NAN that as a result of the unsteady supply,
depots prices had risen from N165 to N177 and N178 per litre in Apapa and its
environs.
“The marketers will only sell what they buy. If the price of
petrol increases, we add our transportation cost and other charges to the
selling price,” he said.
He appealed to the NNPC and the NMDPRA to supply enough
petrol across the country to ease scarcity.
Queues are beginning to build in some filling stations in
within Lagos.
NAN
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