The National Union of Petroleum and Natural gas Workers (NUPENG), on Wednesday, informed Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity and long queues at filling stations will soon be a thing of the past.
This was disclosed by the South-West Chairman of the union, Tokunbo Korodo, during an interview with newsmen.
He stated that normalcy will soon be restored nationwide if the current loading of petroleum tanker at depots continue till weekend.
This comes on the heels of the statement made by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, on March 29, that fuel queues will last until April 7.
Korodo said: “Going round some depots in Lagos, I observed that loading was going on and more filling stations are selling the product at the control price.”
“Some filling stations that are selling between N130 and N150 will be forced to sell at control price when the market is flooded with petrol.”
“If NNPC can keep the tempo of the loading till weekend, more filling stations will have petrol and the queue of motorists at filling stations will reduce.”
“The corporation should ensure that it keeps on pumping petrol to both major and independent marketers’ depots to reduce the scarcity.”
He appealed to the NNPC to continue the current fuel loading at depots and to involve all the stakeholders in the oil and gas sector so that the scarcity will come to an end soon.
