Amidst the current petrol scarcity in the country the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has promised to end the problem within 24 hours.
The assurance comes on the heels of warning from petrol marketers in the country that the current scarcity would last for at least two weeks.
The harrowing experience facing Nigerians on how to get petrol, the oil company said would end by Wednesday, as it plans to end the long queues.
The fuel scarcity which started in Abuja, the nation’s capital has spread across the major cities in the country as the price of the product has now hit the roof tops.
Not a few Nigerians say they have to sleep in filling stations in other to be able to buy petrol which now sells for N800 per litre on the average.
To make the situation worst, some fillings stations have locked up even though some of them are said to be in full stock of petrol.
The NNPCL however said the ongoing fuel scarcity will become a thing of the past on April 31.
Olufemi Soneye, NNPCL Chief Communications Officer, who spoke in Lagos yesterday stated that there is enough product in stock to last the country for 30 days.
He said the company currently has in stock petrol exceeding 1.5 billion litres, which can last for at least a month, stressing that the current distortion was as a result of logistic problem, that’s now being resolved.
Some unscrupulous person, he said, are capitalizing on the current situation to fleece Nigerians, promising that the problem would be resolved in hours.
“The lines will be cleared out between today and tomorrow,” Soneye said.
