Insufficient supply of premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol has continued to compel many fuel stations in different part of the country to ration the product causing queue of vehicles at retail stations to soar.

A record of daily PMS truck out to Abuja and environs since January 1, 2017 showed that PMS supply to retail outlets have been fluctuating since the beginning of the year.

The data obtained by our reporter in Abuja showed that in the last one week, daily PMS truck out has average 101 trucks but up 140 trucks were supplied late January.

However, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had in December said normal truck supply to Abuja was 70 daily claiming that additional trucks of petrol had since been deployed to Abuja.

This comes as the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Abuja Zone has commenced daily monitoring of all retail stations in the city to ensure products received are sold to the public.

Speaking after inspecting some filling stations in the federal capital on Tuesday, the DPR Zonal Operations Controller, Abuja, Mr. Abba Misau said he would personally lead the operation to monitor fuel stations on a daily basis.

“There should not be any reservation for any customer. Whatever the type of customer you have to sell the product to the public. We cannot accept that anymore and we will continue to monitor,” he said.

DaGC:
Honestly disappointing. Even after saying its panic buying for yuletide. Now, its February!. What a country

guardian09:

Its panic buying for Valentine na

guardian09:

Its panic buying for Valentine na

Dantedasz:
This Buhari administration is a monumental embarrassment to everybody. Their propaganda machinery driven by Lai Mohammed has been proven time after time to be fraudulent falsehood.
Almost every petrol station that has fuel to sell is selling it above the approved price. The fuel sells between #160-#250 per litre and yet the administrations DPR turns a blind eye.

The petrol stations that are selling at #145 per litre there are unending queues of cars,buses,trucks and kekes that stretch as far as the eye can see.
If you buy at the rate of #250 per litre you will eventually waste the fuel when you become entrapped in the queues at the stations selling for 145. Such a vicious circle and the wretched government is not saying anything because they have run out of lies to tell.