Petroleum marketers have said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has opened its reserves across the federation to end the lingering fuel scarcity.
The National President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Hammed Fashola and Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria, Billy Hilly-Harry, disclosed this in a separate statement after meeting with NNPCL on Saturday.
He further urged Nigerians not to engage in panic buying of fuel as the product will be available nationwide.
“We are officially meeting with other marketers on Monday. We are working closely with NNPC.
“The Monday meeting is for our National Executive Council. After the meeting, we will reach out to the NNPC. We talk with them every day
Fashola said his members will meet on Monday to join NNPLC to end the fuel scarcity.
According to him, queues have started easing off in Abuja during the weekend.
“The good news is that this is a new reality. It will bring better solutions because the result will be fantastic when you have NNPCL doing what they must do, and we also do what we must do.
“If you go to Abuja today (Saturday), you will see that the queues have eased off”, he stated.
