Princewill Demian
24 December 2017, Sweetcrude, Abuja – Nipco Plc, a major downstream operator which the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in a statement cited as one of the six major marketers which benefitted from NNPC cargo supplies, has confirmed the Company’s receipt of the products from the Corporation.
Nipco, in a release this evening by its Chief Corporate Affairs Manager, Alh. Lawal Taofeek, said 24 hour-loading of trucks had begun in earnest at the Company’s depot in Lagos.
The Nipco’s statement said the trucks were being dispatched to all parts of the country with immediate effect.
Nipco commended NNPC Management as well as that of its subsidiary company, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) for boosting petroleum products supplies, disclosing that Nigerians would soon feel the impact of NNPC intervention immediately.
“Our terminal is already burbling with activities, with the marketers feeling a sigh of relief which the consumers would soon feel positively,” the statement said.
For the umpteenth time, NNPC has assured Nigerians to remain calm and not to engage in panic buying, as the end of the hiccup has come.
It also noted that appropriate sanctions, by the security agencies working together with industry regulators, await any marketers that may risk engaging in hoarding.
The six major marketers that recently received consignments of NNPC petrol imports and are trucking them round the clock to all parts of the country including Total, Forte Oil, Oando Plc, MRS, 11 Plc and Nipco Plc.
The supplies are mostly from cargoes of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) imported to by NNPC which are daily berthing and immediately being made to discharge their products to stem the supply hiccups.
The imported products are also being supplemented by supplies from the local refineries.
Earlier in the week, NNPC GMD, Dr. Maikanti Baru, had stated that the Corporation’s one billion litres PMS cargo imports had started to arrive, saying supplies to parts of the country had been doubled to 80 million litres per day since the current hiccup in the supply chain was noticed a few days back.
