Nigeria’s Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has now cut off oil marketers by directly importing fuel as a way of finding solution to fuel scarcity in the country.
Lai Mohammed Sais: The first thing we have done now is to make sure that unlike before when the marketers used to import the major percentage of the fuel. NNPC has been involved in importation, because some of the marketers had stopped importing for a couple of months.”
The minister who briefed news men today in the Presidential villa, Abuja, along with Minister of Budget and Planning, Udoma Udo – Udoma, added: “If you see any fuel anywhere today, it is imported by the NNPC. We also inherited the vandalisation of the pipelines which has made it impossible for us to even transport the fuel. In tanks today we have 14 days reserve and off tank we have 10 days reserve.
“The issue is not non-availability of the product it is the distribution, because of pipelines that have been vandalised and the gridlock in Lagos. It takes about five days for anybody to take fuel with tanker in Lagos.
“As at two days ago this matter has been resolved. The Mosinmi pipeline has been secured and it has lead to the improvement in the distribution.“[myad]
