Bad news are coming from the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), as its South-West chairman, Tokunbo Korodo, said the current fuel scarcity in the country might continue till the end of this month and even get worse.
According to Mr Korodo, loading of petrol products at NNPC the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and private depots was extremely slow and if there is no improvement by next week, there are fears that the situation might deteriorate.
“The pace of loading of fuel at NNPC depots in Mosinmi and Ejigbo is very slow as most tankers drivers that wanted to load, left the depots with nothing. Even at private depots where they sell above the ex-depot price, the pace of loading is very slow.
Presently, we need massive loading of petrol nationwide to get over the present scarcity. I am imploring the government to improve on supply of fuel to all depots nationwide so that our tanker drivers can get the product and transport it to filling stations,” he said.
Currently, motorists all over the country are facing endless queues at filling stations, while pedestrians are fighting the same problem at public transport stops.
The situation has been aggravated by frequent power shortages that were attributed by federal government to gas failure as well as sabotage and vandalization of power infrastructure.
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