Following recent media reports suggesting the possibility of fuel scarcity and the appearance of fuel queues in parts of Lagos and Abuja, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has stated that there is enough petrol to serve the entire country.

NNPC made this known in a series of tweets released on micro-blogging platform, Twitter.

NNPC urges Motorists to desist from panic buying. There is enough stock of PMS to serve the needs of Nigerians across the country.

— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) February 22, 2016

This caused a minor delay in supplying PMS from the PPMC Bridging Depot in Suleja to filling Stations in FCT and its environs.

— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) February 22, 2016

The queues noticed in FCT is due to restriction of movement in the Suleja over the weekend because of the Assembly elections in Niger State

— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) February 22, 2016

There is enough stock of PMS to serve the needs of Nigerians across the country. NNPC urges Motorists to desist from panic buying.

— NNPC Group (@NNPCgroup) February 21, 2016