The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, wishes to shed light on the extraneous situation which has led to the emergence of fuel queues in some cities across the country.
Without mincing words, we wish to state that the long queues have nothing to do with the unavailability of products in the depots as erroneously being speculated. The NNPC /PPMC fuel supply chain remains robust with enough products to last till the end of the year and beyond.
The artificial scarcity has its roots in a recent directive issued to Petroleum Tanker Drivers, PTD, by the national leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, stop bridging to Suleja and also to stop product supply to Abuja to protest a long standing contractual issue between the management of MTEL and Petroleum Tanker Owners. The tanker drivers and NUPENG are also demanding the repairs of access roads to the depots as a pre-condition to resuming loading of products.
The Management of the NNPC wishes to call on all tanker drivers to return to their duty post to save Nigerians from avoidable hardship.
(nnpcgroup.com)