Abuja, Feb. 21, 2023 – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) says it has 1.805 billion litres of petrol in stock.
Its spokesman, Garbadeen Muhammad, said that the stock could last for 30 days.
He said that 805.35 million litres of the product were in depots nationwide, while one billion litres were still inside vessels.
Muhammad said that in the efforts to ensure steady supply, the NNPCL placed a robust plan for the supply of petrol from mid-February to March 2023.
“An additional petrol supply of 884 million litres is also expected by February 28,” said the NNPC official.
“For March 2023, a total of 2.3 billion litres of petrol is expected, while about 2.5 billion litres, equivalent to 42 days sufficiency, will be the closing stock for the month,” he said. (GBN)
