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Scarcity: NNPCL Accused of Supplying Petrol Only to Marketers With 50 Stations

  • Petroleum product marketers have disagreed with the NNPC over the availability of petrol in Nigeria
  • The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said that some depots have been dry for the past five days
  • Findings reveal that NNPC allegedly now adopted a policy of supplying depots with 5o petrol stations and above

Despite the Nigerian National Petroleum Company’s (NNPC) insistence that there is about a 30-day supply of petrol available, petroleum marketers in Nigeria have disagreed, saying that there are dry depots scattered across the country.

The marketers revealed that NNPC was rationing supply to depots since it returned as Nigeria’s sole importer of petrol.

Depots have run out of petrol as NNPC awaits products

Chinedu Ukadike, the Public Relations Officer of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), said that most independent stations could not secure products from the depots.

He stated that marketers across Nigeria are relying on NNPC as the sole petrol importer for supplies.

Vanguard quotes Ukadike as saying that most private depots have run out of stock as they shore up their supplies from NNPC.

He said the arrangement of supplying depots with products from NNPC encourages profiteering.

Ukadike revealed that the marketers have been finding it challenging to lift products from the NNPC in the past five days, saying that it accounts for the skeletal scarcity in the country.

NNPC allegedly gives supplies to marketers with 50 petrol stations

Also, Ukadike said the NNPC portal from where marketers load petrol has shut down and longer issues authorization to lift to marketers.

He said the situation means a gap in the supply chain, stating that NNPC CEO Mele Kyari assured him that the company was expecting products.

According to reports, NNPC now supplies products to depot owners with at least 50 fuel stations.

NNPC assures of adequate petrol supplies

However, NNPC Chief Executive Officer Mele Kyari revealed that the company has enough supplies in stock and no need for panic-buying.

SOURCE: legit.ng

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