The Pipelines and Products
Marketing Company (PPMC) Thursday said fuel would readily be available across
the nation during the yuletide. Also six ships laden with 198,055 tonnes of
petrol have arrived Lagos ports, waiting to discharge. The PPMC Media Manager,
Mr. Nasir Imodagbe, said this in Abuja. Imodagbe, according to the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN), said the PPMC had over 32 days’ ample stock of petroleum
products available for supply across the nation during the yuletide and beyond.
He, therefore, called on the general public to avoid panic buying of petroleum
products as adequate measures have been put in place to wet the nation with PMS
during the period. Imodagbe said the agency had also put in mechanism to ensure
a hitch-free transportation of goods and services during the yuletide period
and beyond. The manager, who spoke against the background of the sudden fuel
queues that emerged in Lagos on Tuesday, said the queues would not spread to
other parts of the country. He attributed the queue to Apapa road construction
which interrupted loading of petroleum products by marketers from the inland
depot in Mosimi. Imodagbe said the problem had been addressed, and ruled out
the possibility of the problem spreading to other parts of the country. He said
apart from the agency having sufficient PMS that could last till early next
year, additional 17 PMS-laden vessels had arrived Lagos Port. Imodagbe urged
marketers to support the “zero tolerance for fuel queues” policy across the
country. He also advised marketers to desist from hoarding and diversion of
petroleum products as any marketer caught in the nefarious act would be
sanctioned. 6 ships containing petrol arrive Lagos ports six ships laden with
198,055 tonnes of petrol have arrived Lagos ports, waiting to discharge. This
is contained in a document – Shipping Position – made available to newsmen on
Thursday in Lagos by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). According to the
document, six other ships are to discharge kerosene, base oil and diesel. It
said that eight more ships sailed into the ports with food items such as rice,
bulk sugar and general cargo. `Shipping Position’ also indicated that 54 ships
would be expected at the ports from Dec. 11 to Jan. 2. The document said that
22 of the expected ships would sail into Lagos ports with containers, adding
that food items including frozen fish, rice, bulk sugar, bulk salt and
buckwheat would arrive in 19 ships. It added that six other ships would bring
in general cargo, while six others would arrive with base oil, aviation fuel,
kerosene and petrol. A ship will sail into the ports with vehicles, according
to the document.
ThisDay (online)
No comments:
Post a Comment