NNPC confirms fuel scarcity in Lagos, Abuja, cites operational hitch

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has blamed the latest crisis in fuel supply and distribution across the country on a problem associated with the discharge of a couple of vessels at the seaports.

The NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

He was reacting to the latest queues seen in some parts of Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

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Soneye said: “The NNPC Ltd. wishes to state that the tightness in fuel supply and distribution witnessed in some parts of Lagos and the FCT is a result of a hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels.”

He said the company was working round the clock with all stakeholders to resolve the situation and restore normalcy in the operations.

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