Fuel shortage: NNPC and IPMAN allay fears of Nigerians
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to be patient as efforts are made to deal with the current fuel shortage caused by the floods which have destroyed some major roads in some parts of the northern states.
The Chairman of IPMAN, Northern Nigeria Branch, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam made the call in a statement released to reporters in Kano on Sunday.
Danmalam revealed that around 200 trucks loaded with goods from Calabar, Cross River State, were expected in Abuja and other parts of the northern states for distribution to gas stations.< /p>
The Chairman of IPMAN said the trucks should go through Ikom, Ogoja, Katsina Ala, Vandeikia to Lafiya and Abuja.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd on Thursday said there was no need for panic buying as efforts were being made to meet the challenges of fuel shortages created due to flooding in some parts of Kogi and Niger states, which prevented the passage of oil trucks for the distribution of products to Abuja and some northern states.
The company, in a statement issued Thursday by the Group Managing Director, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd, Garba Muhammad, said that the current queuing situation in parts of Abuja and its surroundings was due to delays in the arrival of fuel trucks.
Danmalam commended General Manager of Petroleum Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, Alhaji Isyaku Abdullahi, for pledging to support diesel distributors to reduce difficulties faced due to the high cost of the product.
He said that NNPC Limited, in conjunction with IPMAN, was making frantic efforts to ensure adequate supply and distribution of the product, adding that very soon the shortage would be over as there was enough fuel in stock.
He said that following the floods, most of the main roads used by traders had deteriorated as most truckers spent between eight and nine days, especially on the Koton Karfe road, before to reach their destination.
He noted that some of the affected roads included Bida lemu-zungeru, Minna-Tagina road (6 km from Minna Makonkele) and Tegina-Mokwa road as well as Mokwa-Makera in Minna (Bakane) and Lambata-Lapai -Agaie- Bida roads.
He explained that the NNPC had also mobilized personnel from the Federal Road Safety Corps to help clear the affected roads to facilitate the transport of the goods to the northern regions of the country.
Furthermore, he said that the NNPC has ordered the Chinese company CCC working on the affected roads to move to the damaged portions of the roads to expedite the work and ensure smooth movement of vehicles.
"The NNPC has also mobilized Dantata & Sawoe to start working on the damaged portions of the affected roads to enable trucks to transport the product as soon as possible," Danmalam said.
Please share this story:
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to be patient as efforts are made to deal with the current fuel shortage caused by the floods which have destroyed some major roads in some parts of the northern states.
The Chairman of IPMAN, Northern Nigeria Branch, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam made the call in a statement released to reporters in Kano on Sunday.
Danmalam revealed that around 200 trucks loaded with goods from Calabar, Cross River State, were expected in Abuja and other parts of the northern states for distribution to gas stations.< /p>
The Chairman of IPMAN said the trucks should go through Ikom, Ogoja, Katsina Ala, Vandeikia to Lafiya and Abuja.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd on Thursday said there was no need for panic buying as efforts were being made to meet the challenges of fuel shortages created due to flooding in some parts of Kogi and Niger states, which prevented the passage of oil trucks for the distribution of products to Abuja and some northern states.
The company, in a statement issued Thursday by the Group Managing Director, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd, Garba Muhammad, said that the current queuing situation in parts of Abuja and its surroundings was due to delays in the arrival of fuel trucks.
Danmalam commended General Manager of Petroleum Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, Alhaji Isyaku Abdullahi, for pledging to support diesel distributors to reduce difficulties faced due to the high cost of the product.
He said that NNPC Limited, in conjunction with IPMAN, was making frantic efforts to ensure adequate supply and distribution of the product, adding that very soon the shortage would be over as there was enough fuel in stock.
He said that following the floods, most of the main roads used by traders had deteriorated as most truckers spent between eight and nine days, especially on the Koton Karfe road, before to reach their destination.
He noted that some of the affected roads included Bida lemu-zungeru, Minna-Tagina road (6 km from Minna Makonkele) and Tegina-Mokwa road as well as Mokwa-Makera in Minna (Bakane) and Lambata-Lapai -Agaie- Bida roads.
He explained that the NNPC had also mobilized personnel from the Federal Road Safety Corps to help clear the affected roads to facilitate the transport of the goods to the northern regions of the country.
Furthermore, he said that the NNPC has ordered the Chinese company CCC working on the affected roads to move to the damaged portions of the roads to expedite the work and ensure smooth movement of vehicles.
"The NNPC has also mobilized Dantata & Sawoe to start working on the damaged portions of the affected roads to enable trucks to transport the product as soon as possible," Danmalam said.
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