Fuel scarcity: NNPC injects 33m litres of petrol

Determined to ease the discomfort being experienced by motorists and commuters in Lagos State and its environs, the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Monday supplied an additional volume of 33 million litres of premium motor spirits to the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria for onward distribution to fuel stations across the metropolis and beyond.
The Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the corporation, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim, stated in a statement on Monday that the extra 25,000 metric tonnes of fuel, the equivalent of 33 million litres of petrol, was supplied to the marketers  as part of measures by the Corporation to end the artificially induced scarcity.
Ibrahim said: “While we intensify our ongoing direct monitoring of fuel stations across Lagos and its environs, we are providing the extra volume of product to eliminate the noticeable queues arising from the induced scarcity.”
The NNPC appealed to marketers and members of the public to refrain from hoarding and panic buying.