Wednesday, July 23, 2025
  • REPORT A STORY
  • PRIVACY
  • CONTACT US
WITHIN NIGERIA - NEWS PICKS
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • NEWS PICKS
    • BREAKING
    • National
    • Local News
    • Politics
    • Diaspora
    • Business
    • Education
    • Sports
    • World News
      • Africa
      • U.S
      • Asia
      • Europe
    • XTRA
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • MORE
    • GIST
    • ARTICLES
    • VIDEOS
No Result
View All Result
WITHIN NIGERIA - NEWS PICKS
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • MORE

Why there’s worsening fuel queues – NNPC

Afolabi Hakim by Afolabi Hakim
April 26, 2024
in National
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
0
NNPCL
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • The situation has forced many filling stations to close shop, while the few ones with fuel to sell had to grapple with massive queues

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has reacted to the resurgence of fuel queues in some parts of the country.

Reports had emerged earlier in the week that fuel queues have begun to resurface in places like Lagos, Abuja, Nasarawa and Niger states.

However, the queues reportedly became worse on Thursday as petrol remains scarce on in the Federal Capital Territory and some neighboring states.

The situation has forced many filling stations to close shop, while the few ones with fuel to sell had to grapple with massive queues.
.
The adverse situation has pushed the cost of the product to an average of N700/litre at stations run by independent marketers.

READ ALSO

Coalition: Why I can’t leave PDP for ADC – Sule Lamido

Three House of Reps members dump PDP for APC

2027: Tinubu turning into dictator, using state institutions to crush opposition – Sule Lamido

We’ll withdraw from 2027 polls if Nnamdi Kanu remains in custody — Igbo youth forum

According to Punch, only a handful of NNPC retail outlets that dispensed the commodity stuck with the N617/litre price approved by the oil firm.

This led to a hike in transport fares in the affected states, as the few transporters who had petrol raised their rates.

Marketers have also attributed the troubling situation to inability to meet the high demands of PMS.

“The current reception at the Suleja Depot, which supplies Abuja and its environs, is very poor, the trucks are not coming and we understand that there is a cut down in supply from the depots in Warri and Lagos where products normally come from.” the Secretary of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abuja-Suleja Branch, Mohammed Shuaibu, disclosed.

He disclosed that only retail stations of NNPC are trying, as they are the only ones that have not “changed their pump prices and have continued to make it uniform at N617/litre in the northern region”

“But outside that, all other marketers, whether major or independent dealers, their prices are not uniform. Some dispense PMS at N700/litre, while others sell at higher rates. Maybe by next week if the situation fails to improve, you will buy it at N800/litre.” he said

Reacting to the development., the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC, Olufemi Soneye, cited logistics as the reason for the scarcity.

He, however, stated that the issue had been resolved and urged motorists not to get involved in panic buying because the national oil company and sole importer of petrol had enough products.

He said, “The NNPC Ltd wishes to clarify that the tightness in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit currently being experienced in some areas across the country is a result of logistics issues and that they have been resolved.

“It also wishes to reiterate that the prices of petroleum products are not changing. It urges Nigerians to avoid panic buying as products are sufficient in the country

POPULAR TODAY

    • All
    • National
    • Local News
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
    • XTRA

    2027: Why Obi, El-Rufai are yet to join our party — ADC

    July 21, 2025

    We’ll withdraw from 2027 polls if Nnamdi Kanu remains in custody — Igbo youth forum

    July 23, 2025

    2027: Peter Obi free to contest without me | he’s aware of my meeting with Abure – Datti Baba-Ahmed

    July 23, 2025

    Osun APC: PDP now home to political dregs, Adeleke rejected over credibility issues

    July 23, 2025

    Discussion about this post

    ADVERTISEMENT
    NEWS PICKS — WITHIN NIGERIA

    WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD.

    NEWS, MULTI MEDIA

    WITHIN NIGERIA is an online news media that focuses on authoritative reports, investigations and major headlines that springs from National issues, Politics, Metro, Entertainment; and Articles.

    Follow us on social media:

    CORPORATE LINKS

    • About
    • Contacts
    • Report a story
    • Advertisement
    • Content Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
     
    • Fact-Checking Policy
    • Ethics Policy
    • Corrections Policy
    • REPORT A STORY
    • PRIVACY
    • CONTACT US

    © 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    No Result
    View All Result
    • HOME
    • FEATURES
    • NEWS PICKS
      • BREAKING
      • National
      • Local News
      • Politics
      • Diaspora
      • Business
      • Education
      • Sports
      • World News
        • Africa
        • U.S
        • Asia
        • Europe
      • XTRA
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • MORE
      • GIST
      • ARTICLES
      • VIDEOS

    © 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName