A total of 1,860,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol is being supplied to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), in conjunction with Capital Oil and Gas Limited as well as other oil marketers to ease the scarcity of the product.
Already, 31 high-capacity truck loads of PMS – each with approximately 60,000 litres – have arrived the nation’s capital and immediately deployed to areas of need, while another 25 trucks are due today.
In addition, 150 trucks have been provided by oil marketers like A. A. Rano, Azman, and Rahamaniyya.
These measures are part of efforts by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Capital Oil to effectively intervene to end the scarcity of petrol in Abuja and some major cities which have left consumers queuing for long hours at filling stations.
According to the Managing Director of PPMC, Mrs. Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, these interventionist efforts will continue until the queues disappear.
Although not a regulator, PPMC has made an extra effort to end the fuel crisis by deploying its staff to petrol stations across Abuja for round-the-clock monitoring.
It is believed that with these measures, normalcy will return to Abuja and its environs in no distant time even as the PPMC advised the public not to engage in panic-buying as such will encourage the activities of hoarders.
Members of the public are also advised to be vigilant and to report any observed sharp practices to the appropriate authorities.
Source: Authority
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