FUEL SCARCITY: NNPC, IPMAN ALLAY FEARS OF NIGERIANS

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has called on Nigerians to exercise patience as effort is being made to address the current fuel scarcity occasioned by the flooding which led to the destruction of some major roads in some parts of northern states.

The IPMAN Chairman, Northern Nigeria branch, Alhaji Bashir Danmalam, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen today in Kano.

Danmalam disclosed that about 200 trucks loaded with the commodity from Calabar, Cross River State, were being expected in Abuja and other parts of the northern states for onward distribution to filling stations.

The IPMAN Chairman said the trucks were expected to come through Ikom, Ogoja, Katsina Ala, Vandeikia up to Lafiya and then Abuja.

You will recall, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, on Thursday, had said there was no need for panic buying as efforts were being made to address the challenges of scarcity of fuel created due to the flooding in parts of Kogi and Niger states which prevented the passage of petroleum trucks for distribution of products to Abuja and some northern states.