Tayo Aboyebi, South-West Chairman
of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), on Monday
confirmed that massive loading of petrol was ongoing at different depots in
Lagos.
He assured that Nigerians that
the current scarcity of fuel would end in the next two days.
“I am glad to tell you that the
product is now available and today, being Christmas holiday, tanker drivers are
waiting to collect the product.
“Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) is now making use of Major Marketers Association of Nigeria
(MOMAN) tank farms to distribute petrol.
“This is to accelerate the
product to different locations. As I am talking to you, our members are taking
the product out of depots to filling stations across the country.
“To make it quicker, NNPC is also
using Folawiyo depot, Aiteo and NIPCO depots and I can tell you that the rate
at which loading is taking place now, the crisis will soon be over,” he told
NAN.
Atoyebi denied allegation of
diversion of the product by his members, adding that such had not been reported
to him.
“To the best of my knowledge no
such cases have been reported to the union.
“It is not easy to divert the
product because petroleum tankers loaded were being monitored to their
destinations,” he said.
He urged Nigerians to desist from
panic buying, adding that the product was now available.
“Nigerians should not result to
panic buying now; petrol is available in depots unlike few days ago when the
product was not available.
“The product will be in all
filling stations in few days’ time, so buy only what you will use and stop
hiding petrol in your house, it is dangerous,” he said.
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