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Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by disloman(m): 12:57am On Jul 03, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by axiliborha(f): 1:00am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by Nobody: 1:01am On Jul 03, 2015 |
axiliborha:are u jux waking up? Hw was ur 9t |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by ibrams(m): 1:01am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by markidoo(m): 1:04am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Dz country sef na wa oo. Its jst like living by a river n washing ur hands with spit. 1 Like |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by NoMoreTrolling: 1:31am On Jul 03, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by Nobody: 2:28am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Again? These oil marketers self Which way na? |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by Emekamex(m): 3:32am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Sai Baba 1 Like |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by ROCKJ1(m): 3:37am On Jul 03, 2015 |
Can this country be fixed at all? |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by mistabiola: 3:39am On Jul 03, 2015 |
As expected ,the queue at filling stations in abuja yesterday was as long as BVN queue |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by justcallbuki(f): 4:38pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
disloman:happy birthday 2u.....*kisses* |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by Cyberthreat: 4:49pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Emekamex:hehehehehe no be small sai baba |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by yang(m): 4:53pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
The zoo in its glory |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by disloman(m): 5:45pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
justcallbuki:thanks dearie. |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by Nobody: 5:47pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Sai baba |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by ProfessorPeter(m): 6:21pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
This is what you should expect when a man without even a PHCN bill as certificate is forced on zoo called Nigeria |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by ChikezieU(m): 8:49pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Sai baba By 4years we shall know were we are |
Re: Petrol Scarcity Returns In Lagos by dustmalik(m): 8:59pm On Jul 20, 2015 |
Most people commenting on this didn't even bother to check the date of the said publication. |
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