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Why fuel queues resurfaced in Lagos, Abuja – Marketers

Fuel marketers attribute the resurgence of lines in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory to supply disruptions.

Billy Gillis-Harry, the president of PETROAN, the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association, revealed this on Thursday during an interview with Channels Television that ZINGTIE watched.

“Undoubtedly, the queues have spiralled in some parts of the country. Simply speaking to the fact that we are having a problem with supply. We need to up our game to get the petroleum products delivered so that stations can be wet and committers can get the product. Simply speaking, there is a supply challenge.

“Only the NNPCL is importing PMS; we are not producing in the country. So, if NNPCL has some issue, which is possible, this may affect the supply chain.

“I am sure that NNPCL is working round the clock to ensure the products are available. Just a few days ago, two vessels arrived at Portharcourt; they are frantically assuring that loading is effectively carried out, which will assuage the challenges. However, the reality is that we don’t get the product when it is due,” he said.

Billis-Harry said there was no need to panic because the issue would be resolved shortly.

“Since we have gotten two fuel cargoes today from Portharcourt, soon Lagos will come, Calabar will come, Oghara will come, and retail outlets will be wet. There is no need to panic”, he added.

Days after tanker drivers threatened to down tools but eventually abandoned the idea, this development has occurred.

ZINGTIE recounts that the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, or NARTO, had to discontinue operations just three days prior owing to financial difficulties brought on by excessive operating expenses and poor freight prices.

But after the federal government mediated a settlement between NARTO and the oil marketers, the organisation called off its strike.

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Jonathan Nwokpor

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