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Scarcity: FG Initiates 15-day Emergency Fuel Distribution

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May 2, 2024.

FG initiates 15-day emergency fuel distribution to combat nationwide scarcity.
Premium Motor Spirit vessels to continue unloading at depots for widespread availability.
Despite May Day holiday, persistent queues at petrol stations observed, with some selling fuel at inflated prices.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government has launched a 15-day emergency fuel distribution plan to alleviate the widespread fuel scarcity across Nigeria.
Additionally, it was announced that vessels carrying Premium Motor Spirit will continue to unload gasoline at various depots, ensuring steady distribution to filling stations.

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The Major Marketers Association of Nigeria reported that its members in Apapa and other Lagos locations received 300 million litres of fuel from eight vessels this week.

Despite the May Day holiday, persistent queues were observed at petrol stations in Lagos and neighboring areas on Wednesday, with some stations selling fuel at inflated prices.

However, in an interview with the Punch correspondents, the South-West Regional Coordinator of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMPDRA), Ayo Cardoso, insisted that the product would soon be available across the country, saying the government was doing its best to ensure massive distribution of PMS.

Cardoso revealed that additional vessels would continue to arrive in Nigeria over the next two weeks, commencing from last Monday, with a focus on ongoing petrol distribution to filling stations.

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He emphasized that each state in the federation has its own allocations, stressing that these allocations would be promptly distributed to alleviate queues at filling stations.

“As I said earlier, there would be enough fuel across Nigeria soon. We have received over 300 million litres as of Tuesday. More have arrived as we speak, but I can’t give you the figure. Vessels will keep arriving in Nigeria for 15 days, which started counting on Monday, and we will keep distributing the product across the nation.

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“The masses should not panic; all these will soon vanish. We are not prioritising anywhere, each state has its allocation to be delivered accordingly,” Cardoso stated.

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