Scarcity of Petrol Hits Private Depots in Lagos

There are strong indications that a nationwide scarcity of petrol is imminent as all the private depots in Lagos were at the weekend hit by scarcity of the product, raising concern on the ability of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to sustain importation to bridge the current supply gap.

None of the depots that belong to the private marketers had petrol at the weekend as all the products in some of these depots belong to the NNPC, fuelling speculations that the private marketers had stopped importation even before they issued a threat to that effect at the weekend.

It was also learnt that the vessels that discharged products into these private depots at the weekend were imported by the NNPC.

For instance, the vessel that berthed at the Petroleum Wharf Jetty at Apapa, OCEAN WARRIOR was meant to discharge products to the major marketers – Oando, Forte Oil, Mobil Oil, Total, Conoil and MRS.

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