Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu |
This development
is contained in a statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public
Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja on Sunday. The agencies instructed are Pipelines and Products Marketing Company and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory
Agency.
According to
the statement, the special supply intervention mechanism would involve the
ramping up of additional supply via massive truck-out to guarantee product
penetration to the nooks and crannies of the country teed-off over the weekend.
The statement
added that daily fuel truck out to Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Ibadan and Jos
had been increased significantly to enhance free flow of products across the
country.
“NNPC
is consolidating its strategic alliance with some major depot owners and oil
marketers with strong regional logistics outlay in those areas to ensure
maximum infiltration of products. The collaboration would be especially in the
hinterland ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities.”
The statement
further called on the public to refrain from hoarding, diversion and panic
buying of product, adding that the intervention measure would help circumvent
the challenges posed by the unavailability of pipelines for the transportation
of petroleum products, noting that product diversion was an economic crime and
warned that it would not hesitate to report offenders to the security agencies
for prosecution.
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