NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED CALLS ON PETROL STATIONS TO OPERATE LONGER HOURS AS A WAY TO DEAL WITH CURRENT CHALLENGES IN SUPPLY.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says fuel stations are to operate longer hours for supply and distribution of petrol, calling on fuel stations to aid availability in view of the current tight situation.

The NNPC Ltd. says the turnaround period of petrol trucking is also elongated to ease the scarcity being witnessed.

Executive Vice President, Downstream NNPC Ltd., Dapo Segun, said this on Monday in Abuja during a joint inspection of stations with officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority NMDPRA.

The NNPC Ltd. and the NMDPRA embarked on a joint monitoring of the supply and distribution of fuel stations in the FCT and across the country to ensure that queues disappear.

The NNPC Ltd. had said that fuel queues in the FCT and parts of the country were as a result of disruption of ship-to-ship transfer of fuel between Mother Vessels and Daughter Vessels resulting from recent thunderstorms.

It said adverse weather conditions; including rainstorm and lightning, had also affected berthing at jetties, truck load-outs and transportation of products to filling stations, causing a disruption in station supply logistics.

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