The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) has attributed fuel queues in Abuja and other parts of the country to business and travel restrictions during the presidential and National Assembly elections.
The NNPCL stated that operations at the depots had resumed and trucks were being dispatched to various parts of the country.
NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Mr Garba Deen Muhammad, said in a statement that the latest updates released on Saturday showed a total of 2.1 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) stock.
Muhammad stated that this equated to 0.9 billion litres in all land depots across the country and 1.2 billion litres on marine vessels.
This, he said, was equivalent to 35 days of the sufficiency as of March 4.
Muhammad, while reassuring Nigerians of a robust supply of PMS, said the NNPCL planned to close the month of March with about 2.8 billion litres, equivalent to 47 days of sufficiency.
“The appearance of pockets of queues in Abuja and some parts of the country, is largely due to restrictions in businesses and movement, to allow for the conduct of the presidential and NASS elections to enable Nigerians to exercise their civic right.
“However, operations have now resumed at the depots and trucks are being dispatched to various parts of the country.
“We expect normalcy to be restored in the next few days.
“NNPC Ltd. and all its partners and stakeholders will continue to work together to ensure seamless distribution of petroleum products around the gubernatorial and State Assembly elections.
“We, therefore, enjoin Nigerians not to engage in panic buying,” he said.
