On Friday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) said it was working to overcome distribution issues that had been prolonging the three-week shortage of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol.
Petrol scarcity persisted on Friday in Abuja and neighboring states, with motorists forming large queues at the few filling stations that did not run out of the commodity.
Motorists had besieged the two filling stations, Conoil and Total, that dispense petrol, right in front of the NNPC corporate offices in Abuja.
The NNPC, on the other hand, indicated in a gasoline supply update posted on Friday and signed by its spokesperson, Garba-Deen Muhammad, that it had enough goods and was addressing distribution issues that were hindering PMS supply.
It also stated that the oil firm had engaged the services of security agencies to ensure that products were delivered at the right locations.
It said, “NNPC once again assures Nigerians that it has sufficient stock of petroleum products for distribution across the country and is working assiduously with partners to ensure the product reaches every part of the country.
“NNPC is further intensifying efforts to resolve distribution hitches being experienced in some parts of the country due to logistics issues.
“To this effect, NNPC is engaging depot operators to load product round the clock to accelerate the restoration of normal distribution.”
It added, “NNPC has also engaged the services of government security agencies to ensure that oll products loaded get to the night destination.”
The oil firm urged Nigerians to continue to be patient as it would continue to strive to restore the situation to normalcy.