NNPC moves to stem fuel scarcity – Daily Trust
December 17, 2009 by Bunmi Awolusi
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has directed the Pipeline and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) to increase the tempo of activities in the importation and distribution of petroleum products as a way of arresting the spate of perennial scarcity of fuel currently being witnessed in the country.
To this end, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo disclosed yesterday that the PPMC was fast-tracking the discharge of products from the 19 ships already berthing at the ports while it had also placed orders for 12 more cargoes in lieu of the inability of 15 oil marketers to activate the fuel import licenses issued to them some months back.
“The PPMC has also mobilized resources to facilitate seamless mobility of products from Lagos to other parts of the country, especially the country side due to expected influx of people during the yuletide’’, a statement from the Group General Manager of the NNPC, Levi Ajuonuma quoted him as saying .
