Activities at the various petrol depots in the Apapa axis of
Lagos and other parts of the country were grounded on
Thursday following very poor supply of Premium Motor Spirit
(petrol) to them.
Petrol tankers looking to load the product flooded the Apapa
area where a large chunk of the country’s fuel depots are
situated.
The presence of the tankers, however, did not cause serious
traffic problems as a task force set up by the Lagos State
Government, petroleum product marketers and transporters
coordinated traffic.
Findings by our correspondent revealed that there were no
vessels carrying petroleum products waiting to offload at the
Apapa jetty.
Loading activities were grounded at Nipco, Aiteo, Capital and
Folawiyo depots, which are the most active in the area.
Three marketers, who spoke to our correspondent on the
development, said the realities on the ground showed that
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had run out of
products.
Two of the marketers spoke to our correspondent in
confidence, but one of them, who preferred to be identified
simply as Mr. Peter, said the return of queues at filling
stations in most states of the federation was a reflection of
poor loading activities at the depots.
He blamed the poor loading situation at the depots on
NNPC’s slow pace of delivering products to them. The NNPC is
the sole importer of petrol into the country in recent times as
a result of the unwillingness of members of the Major Oil
Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Depots and
Petroleum Marketers Association to import following the
failure of the government to pay them over N200bn in
subsidies arrears.
One of the marketers, who spoke to our correspondent on
the condition of anonymity, said, “There is no product at the
jetties here in Apapa. Nothing is happening here and nobody
has products to sell.
“We are ready to transact business with the NNPC, but we are
not seeing the products. It is obvious that the NNPC doesn’t
have products. A majority of the depots here got their last
supply a week ago.
“There is no hope that we will get products today or
tomorrow; and if the NNPC still says it has products, it should
disclose to us the vessels conveying the products and their
destination.”
The Executive Secretary, MOMAN, Mr. Thomas Olawore, had
said the NNPC lacked the capacity to address the national
demand for petrol in the long term and did not have the
distribution network to drive product penetration.
But the corporation insists that it has stepped up efforts to
maintain stability in the supply and distribution of petroleum
products nationwide.
It said it had enough stock of petrol to service the country for
23 days at a national consumption rate of 40 million litres per
day, even as it had stepped up product distribution to
marketers and NNPC retail outlets across the country.
While calling on members of the public to refrain from panic
buying, the NNPC said it had sufficient stock of petrol at its
coastal depots in Port Harcourt, Warri and Calabar, besides
the stock in the national strategic reserves.
Most filling stations in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and other states
were shut because they had no products to sell to motorists
and other users.
Source:www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/petrol-scarcity-returns-in-lagos/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

axiliborha:

are u jux waking up? Hw was ur 9t

Dz country sef na wa oo. Its jst like living by a river n washing ur hands with spit.

If one had enough money, I'd get the tesla s electric car and power it with solar panels on my roof. That way, I'd have power for my home and a charged car capable of about 300 miles, not bad at all.

You just have to figure out a way to be independent from government, but at the same time, we must demand for our rights though. It's ridiculous to still not have petrol constantly being sold at stations. I really don't understand what is happening at this point, if we have healthy reserves for days, then no day should go pass without petrol being distributed, unless importation stops for the amount of days equaling the reserve capacity in days (which is about 29 days).

Something isn't right, a big shame to the "giant" of Africa

Again? These oil marketers self Which way na?

Sai Baba

Can this country be fixed at all?

As expected ,the queue at filling stations in abuja yesterday was as long as BVN queue

disloman:
Activities at the various petrol depots in the Apapa axis of
Lagos and other parts of the country were grounded on
Thursday following very poor supply of Premium Motor Spirit
(petrol) to them.
Petrol tankers looking to load the product flooded the Apapa
area where a large chunk of the country’s fuel depots are
situated.
The presence of the tankers, however, did not cause serious
traffic problems as a task force set up by the Lagos State
Government, petroleum product marketers and transporters
coordinated traffic.
Findings by our correspondent revealed that there were no
vessels carrying petroleum products waiting to offload at the
Apapa jetty.
Loading activities were grounded at Nipco, Aiteo, Capital and
Folawiyo depots, which are the most active in the area.
Three marketers, who spoke to our correspondent on the
development, said the realities on the ground showed that
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had run out of
products.
Two of the marketers spoke to our correspondent in
confidence, but one of them, who preferred to be identified
simply as Mr. Peter, said the return of queues at filling
stations in most states of the federation was a reflection of
poor loading activities at the depots.
He blamed the poor loading situation at the depots on
NNPC’s slow pace of delivering products to them. The NNPC is
the sole importer of petrol into the country in recent times as
a result of the unwillingness of members of the Major Oil
Marketers Association of Nigeria and the Depots and
Petroleum Marketers Association to import following the
failure of the government to pay them over N200bn in
subsidies arrears.
One of the marketers, who spoke to our correspondent on
the condition of anonymity, said, “There is no product at the
jetties here in Apapa. Nothing is happening here and nobody
has products to sell.
“We are ready to transact business with the NNPC, but we are
not seeing the products. It is obvious that the NNPC doesn’t
have products. A majority of the depots here got their last
supply a week ago.
“There is no hope that we will get products today or
tomorrow; and if the NNPC still says it has products, it should
disclose to us the vessels conveying the products and their
destination.”
The Executive Secretary, MOMAN, Mr. Thomas Olawore, had
said the NNPC lacked the capacity to address the national
demand for petrol in the long term and did not have the
distribution network to drive product penetration.
But the corporation insists that it has stepped up efforts to
maintain stability in the supply and distribution of petroleum
products nationwide.
It said it had enough stock of petrol to service the country for
23 days at a national consumption rate of 40 million litres per
day, even as it had stepped up product distribution to
marketers and NNPC retail outlets across the country.
While calling on members of the public to refrain from panic
buying, the NNPC said it had sufficient stock of petrol at its
coastal depots in Port Harcourt, Warri and Calabar, besides
the stock in the national strategic reserves.
Most filling stations in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and other states
were shut because they had no products to sell to motorists
and other users.
Source:www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/petrol-scarcity-returns-in-lagos/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

happy birthday 2u.....*kisses*

Emekamex:
Sai Baba

hehehehehe no be small sai baba

The zoo in its glory

justcallbuki:
happy birthday 2u.....*kisses*

thanks dearie.

Sai baba

This is what you should expect when a man without even a PHCN bill as certificate is forced on zoo called Nigeria

Sai baba
By 4years we shall know were we are

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