The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says fuel stations are to operate longer hours for supply and distribution of petrol, calling on fuel stations to aid availability in view of the current tight situation.

Its PMS supply, Downstream, Mr Dapo Segun, during a joint inspection of stations by the firm and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) officials, added that the turnaround period of PMS trucking is also elongated to ease the situation being witnessed.

The NNPC Ltd. had said that fuel queues in the FCT and parts of the country were as a result of disruption of ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of fuel between Mother Vessels and Daughter Vessels resulting from adverse weather conditions; including rainstorm and lightning, which also affected berthing at jetties, truck load-outs and transportation of products to filling stations.

Meanwhile, National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, is accusing private depot owners for the emerging queues at the petrol station in Lagos and other states, saying they have petroleum products but are selling at N715 per liter ex-depot price.

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