Fuel scarcity will end in few days - FG

The federal government has assured Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity in the country will end in few days has strategic delivery of fuel is ongoing in the country.

The FG gave this assurances to Nigerians on two separate tweets on Thursday, December 7. Nigerians have been experiencing fuel scarcity for some time now as long queues surfaced in major cities of the country.


Tweets from the Nigerian government read:

UPDATE: @FMPRng & @NNPCgroup on top of the fuel supply situation nationwide. Additional trucking ongoing to major cities, from NNPC's strategic reserves in Suleja, Minna, Gusau & Gombe.

 Situation in Lagos & Abuja improving,queues expected to thin out completely in next few days. Fuel Situation Intervention.

Short term: DPR & PPPRA carrying out stricter monitoring of fuel supply & distribution. @NNPCgroup increasing truck distribution to major cities.

Longer-term.

Comprehensive Infrastructure revamp(refineries,depots, pipelines). Modular refineries. Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, claimed that the major cause of the fuel scarcity currently being witnessed across the country is shortfall in supply of petroleum products.

 Kachikwu, who stated this in a news briefing on Thursday, December 7, in Abuja, however, said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was making efforts to ensure that queues at filling stations disappeared in a couple of days.

“Presently, queues in Lagos have reduced. We know that Lagos, Abuja, Benue, Port Harcourt were among the worst-hit areas. “Benue has been dealt with; Port Harcourt is quite moderated. Apart from these areas, other places in the country are probably liquid. “The major problem is the gap in terms of volume, because NNPC is the only one importing the product to the country,” he said.