Ike Amos
20 December 2017, Sweetcrude, Lagos — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Tuesday, said it currently has 750 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, in stocks to last the country a minimum of 21 days.
The NNPC, in a statement in Anuja, also stated that it had increased the amount of PMS truck supplies to cities across the country, with Abuja receiving additional 100 trucks of petrol from its normal 70 trucks daily supply, while Lagos is being supplied 300 trucks of petrol daily.
It added that the country’s PMS stock is also boosted by supplies from Port Harcourt Refinery as well as Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company which are autonomous business units of the Corporation.
With the call-off of the warning strike by the Petroleum & Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), yesterday, the NNPC assured motorists that normalcy would soon be restored in all parts of the country.
It also enjoined motorists and other consumers of petroleum products to desist from panic buying, while also warning marketers not to engage in hoarding as defaulters would be prosecuted.
