The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday disclosed its latest plan to solve the fuel crisis bringing about long queues and inflated pump price of petrol across the country.
According to the spokesman of the NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, no fewer than two cargoes of petrol would be taken delivery of per day for the rest of February.
The step, he said, would boost supply and eradicate queues.
In a statement he issued on Thursday in Abuja, Ughamadu stated that the two cargoes would be of 50 million litres each, making a total of 100 million litres.
He said, “To enhance supply, 45 million litres of petrol was discharged from ships into jetties across the country yesterday.
“Prior to the fresh 45 million litres discharged, we have 324 million litres of petrol on land and 432 million litres in marine storage making a total of 756 million litres.
“These are enough to last for 22 days at 35 million daily consumption rate.’’
He said the jetties that received the 45 million litres shipments included Nacj, Apapa; Bop, Apapa; Techo Jetty, Lagos; Dutchess, Oghara; Vine Jetty, Calabar; Chipet Jetty, Lagos; and ECM Jetty, Calabar.
He added that to ensure efficient distribution of the product to depots in the hinterland, the Nigerian Pipeline and Storage Company (NPSC), a midstream subsidiary of the NNPC, had been mandated to fix relevant pipelines to facilitate seamless pumping.
“This is in addition to massive trucking arrangement that is in place,’’ he said.
He said with the steps NNPC had resolved to take, the current fuel crisis would be solved.
