- NNPC has promised Nigerians that there would not be fuel scarcity during the yuletide period
- Th assurance by the petroleum corporation followed a threat of strike action by oil marketeers
- according to NNPC, the corporation has enough fuel stock to last the country for 52-days without importation of products
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured Nigerians that there is adequate stock of petroleum despite threats of strike action by Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN).
The corporation said the NNPC holds 2.6 billion litres of petrol and 90,000 metric tonnes of diesel which would last consumers in Nigeria for 52 days.
Speaking of the threat by the fuel marketers, the group general manager, group public affairs, Ndu Ughamadu, said on Sunday, December 9, night that even if no single drop of products is imported there would not be lack of petroleum products.
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Vanguard reports that Ughamadu said that the shutdown by DAPPMAN would not affect products distribution as NNPC has ordered all its depots across the country.
He also said that those of bulk purchase marketers it recently entered agreements with would undertake a 24-hour operations to avert any shortages in products distribution in the country.
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“All NNPC depots, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) throughput partner depots, the Major Marketers depots and depots of Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPMAN) members who signed the Bulk Purchase Agreement, BPA, with PPMC as well as NNPC Retail stations, Major Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) filling stations, will continue to operate at maximum levels to ensure uninterrupted distribution of petroleum products nationwide," Ughamadu said.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that NNPC called bluff a 7-days ultimatum given by oil marketers over availability of fuel.
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The corporation on Monday, December 3, said that Nigeria will not encounter a scarcity of fuel despite the threat issued by the marketers recently.
Ughamadu had said that there was no need for Nigerians to panic over the threat issued by the marketers on Sunday, December 2.
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