Fuel queues: NNPC Limited assures Nigerians sufficient PMS supply

By Gloria Akudoro, Abuja

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Thursday assured Nigerians that it has sufficient stock of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petroleum and the public should not give in to panic buying.

It said the current queue situation in some parts of Abuja and its environs is as a result of delays in arrival of fuel trucks.

This is contained in a statement signed by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Garba Deen Muhammad in Abuja.

According to this the statement, this happening as a result of heavy flooding that has submerged parts of the highway passing through Lokoja, Kogi State and also an incidence of a failed road section around Badegi-Agaie highway in Niger State.

“Consequently, vehicles especially fuel tankers are finding alternative roads to get to their intended destinations.

“NNPC Ltd is working assiduously, in collaboration with relevant government agencies to open up this major highway.

“While we do that, we urge the general public to remain calm and not to engage in panic buying of petroleum products.

“The current situation is temporary and has nothing to do with shortage of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) as the NNPC Ltd has a thirty-day (30) products sufficiency,” the statement read.