By Chineme Okafor in Abuja
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Friday asked Nigerians to disregard trending social media reports of an impending fuel scarcity due to purported refusal by some oil marketers to lift products from depots.
It explained in a statement from its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, that such reports were fabricated by mischief makers with intent to create undue panic in petrol supply and distribution across the country.
According to the corporation, it has over one billion litres of petrol in stock, with an additional 48 vessels of 50 million litres each expected to berth in the country for April 2019 alone.
Although some petrol service stations in Abuja, especially within Wuse 2, Central Business District (CBD) and Wuse Zone 4 were seen by THISDAY to have long queues of vehicles for petrol, the NNPC however stated that there was no need for such panic buying or…
