happening in Ibadan, Akure and a few other locations? Some of these places are even worse off.
In Ibadan, for example, in broad daylight, some petrol stations sell at N180 per litre. Also, speaking on the issue, the Corporate Affairs Manager, Nipco Plc, Mr. Lawal Taofeeq, stated that marketers were doing their best to end the queues, adding that petroleum products were being expected in a couple of days.
He said, “The situation has not been easy and we know it has not improved as expected in some places, but we are doing our best to make sure that the queues are cleared as fast as possible.”
However, the NNPC, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mr. Garba-Deen Mohammed, assured Nigerians that it was doing all within its powers to make sure that the queues disappear. The corporation also stated that it had increased the number of petrol trucks sent to major cities, a move geared towards saturating the locations with enough product.
Meanwhile, about 228, 073 million metric tonnes of petrol will be delivered at the Lagos ports in the next five days, according to information obtained from the Daily Shipping Position on the website of the Nigerian Ports Authority. The product will arrive in seven vessels, six of which were expected to be delivered at the Lagos ports between Friday and Saturday.
