See The Quantities Of Petrol Nigerian Government Imported To Manage Fuel Shortage
Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has said that the 300 (three hundred) million liters of petrol it ordered had arrived in Nigeria.
The company disclosed this on Wednesday, February 09, 2022, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
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Stating the reasons for such importation, The Chief Executive Officer, NMDPRA, Farouk Ahmed, stated that the imported 300 million liters of petrol would help bridge the gap created by contaminated petrol withdrawn from depots and filling stations.
It was gathered that some vehicle users have cried out over the damages in their vehicles as a result of the contaminated products (patrol).
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In footage that circulated on social media, a pump attendant lamented that some car owners have abandoned their cars at the fuel station, calling on them (Fuel Station Owner) to put their motors in order.
Reacting to the incident, Farouk Ahmed revealed that the regulatory body would collaborate with technical officials to tackle the problem.
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Hear him: “We have vessels that have arrived in the country recently. At least six arrived in the last few days ordered by the NNPC, carrying a total volume of close to 300 million liters, just to close the gap created by those vessels we have withdrawn from the system.
“Our ideal days of sufficiency are 30 but because of the concern that made us withdraw the vessels; this created the gap in our 30 days sufficiency.
“Again, with aggressive importation by the NNPC, this will be closed in a few days, according to the data we got from the NNPC’s import program.
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“Loading is also ongoing in most of the depots that have confirmed spec products; so, there is no need for panic. Hopefully, by tomorrow, Lagos will be cleared.
“So, once these vessels complete discharging and start pushing the products to marketers, I believe Lagos will be cleared by Friday. We have got that assurance from the marketers.
“Also, most of these vessels will also be providing volumes to most of the members of the key members of DAPPMAN,” he said.
