The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has confirmed the availability of domestic kerosene in the country.
The speculations of the scarcity of the product were dismissed by the National Public Relations Officer of the association, Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman via a telephone interview in Abuja on Saturday.
Suleiman said that all the oil and gas products were available in all parts of the country and urged citizens not to panic.
“Do not panic as there is enough product on the ground that can last till next year,” he assured.
He commended President Muhammad Buhari for taking the best decision in deregulating the oil and gas industry.
Suleiman also called on Nigerians to divest their attention on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as the government was giving all the enabling environment in the gas sector.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who when round some fuel stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) discovered that there was kerosene, but it was selling at N350 per litre.
Mrs Blessing Eze, a businesswoman at Kubwa market, lamented on the high price that it was difficult for only Nigerians to feed as everything has increased.