Lagos, April 29, 2024 – Some petrol marketers have blamed the current petrol scarcity in parts of the country to refusal of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to sell to marketers.
Billy Gillis-Harry, the National President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN), made the allegation on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief breakfast programme.
The NNPCL, had last week, blamed the fuel scarcity on logistic issues of moving fuel across the country.
Gillis-Harry said the challenge had not been resolved in spite of promises by the NNPCL.
“NNPC has its own outlets that they also serve. So, if they have some logistics issues, that will possibly be what is internal to NNPC.
“We can tell Nigerians for real that if we have petroleum products delivered to us, supply to us upon payment for those same products, we will supply to Nigerians.
“We do not have any reason not to serve the public and we are willing to serve the public.
“All that is required is for us to have petroleum products delivered to us from NNPC and we will make sure that our retail outlets are open, some of them are even open for 24 hours.
“The challenge of logistics is only relevant to the NNPC retail outlets
The fuel scarcity has brought about long queue at filling stations nationwide and grounded economic activities.
Petrol is being sold for between N800 to N1.200 per liter where available. (GBN)
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