- FG has said that current fuel scarcity will end on Saturday, December 16
- The minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was said to have given this assurance at NEC meeting
- The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, was also quoted to have said that the issue of fuel supply was discussed at the meeting
The Federal Government on Thursday, December 14 assured that the current fuel scarcity would end by Saturday, December 16, Daily Trust reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the minister of state for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, was said to have given this assurance at a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.
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It was gathered that while briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, said: "We discussed the issue of fuel supply.
"As you know, there has been the challenge of fuel supply in the country.
"The minister of state for petroleum resources assured the council that within the next 48hours, fuel supply will be restored nationwide because there is enough fuel in our strategic reserves and the ministry has released fuel from these reserves and it expects distribution will reach all part of the country within the next 48hours."
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) claimed it has adopted a 24-hour depot and retail services to clear the fuel queues in Abuja, Lagos and many states across the country.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) claimed it has adopted a 24-hour depot and retail services to clear the fuel queues in Abuja, Lagos and many states across the country.
Dr Victor Babatunde Adeniran, NNPC chief operating officer, Ventures and chairman of the NNPC special task force on fuel monitoring made this known after an on-the-spot monitoring of NNPC Retail stations and those of Major and Independent Marketers in Abuja.
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He said the NNPC has taken adequate measures to normalize products supply situation in the country.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, December 13, the managing director of PPMC, an NNPC subsidiary, Umar Ajiya, said the NNPC took delivery of two cargoes with 50 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol.
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Source: Naija.ng