Fuel Scarcity To End Soon, Says NUPENG

The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Workers (NUPENG) is optimistic that the current
scarcity of petrol will soon come to an end.
Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of
the union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Lagos yesterday that massive loading of petroleum
products is ongoing in different depots in Lagos and
other parts of the country.
Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on December 9
that N407.07 billion fuel subsidy had been paid to oil
marketers.
“There is massive loading of petroleum products in
different depots throughout the country, and our
petroleum tanker drivers are ready to go extra mile
to deliver the product to designated filling stations,”
Korodo said.
“Our team of tanker drivers will work round the clock
to ensure that the product gets to their destinations.
“Tentatively, before Christmas period the queues will
vanish at filling stations across the country.”
Korodo urged the Federal Government to ensure that
subsidy claims are paid on time to avoid recurrent
scarcity of petrol in the country.
He also advised the oil marketers to accelerate
importation of the product to ensure that it was
available in all depots.
The chairman called on Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) to repair its pipeline networks
throughout the country so that the product could be
distributed through the channel to all its depots
nationwide.