1,194 trucks of petrol distributed nationwide, see breakdown

NNPC said 21 import vessels laden with a
total volume of 844.1 million litres have been
confirmed to arrive the country in April
– NNPC and marketers vessels are currently
discharging at various depots and jetties
nationwide




Nigerians queuing to buy petrol at a filling
station
As Nigerians continue to suffer scarcity of
petrol despite being an oil producing country,
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
claimed 1,194 trucks of petrol are set to be
distributed nationwide.
According to the NNPC’s Premium Motor
Spirit (PMS) daily supply nationwide
schedule, twenty one import vessels laden
with a total volume of 844.1 million litres
have been confirmed to arrive in the month
of April for NNPC.
The statement added that the NNPC and
marketers vessels are currently discharging
at various depots and jetties nationwide.
See the breakdown of the supply
Lagos got 467 trucks (15,411,000 litres)
Abuja, 141 trucks (4,653,000 litres)
Kano 23 trucks of 759,000 litres.
PortHarcourt, 29 trucks (957,000 litres);
Kaduna, 36 trucks (1,188,000 litres)
Ebonyi received four trucks of 132,000 litres.
Ondo received 15 trucks (495,000 litres);
Sokoto, eight trucks (246,000 litres)
Borno seven trucks of 231,000 litres.
Cross River got 16 trucks (528,000)
Plateau nine trucks of 297,000 litres.
Recall that minister of state for petroleum
resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had said petrol
queues would clear in Abuja and Lagos by
April 6 or 7, adding that the scarcity would
subside in other parts of the country,
including Kano, Katsina, Port Harcourt and
Warri, by that weekend.
But check by our reporter revealed that only
few petrol stations now sell the product in
Lagos and Ogun. While petrol is sold for N86
per litre at available stations in Lagos, in
Ogun state, the standard price is N150 per
litre.