The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said it was going to expand supply of petrol to the hinterlands, using the facilities of major marketers and depot owners to keep supplies within the Christmas period stable.
NNPC said the measure is aimed at meeting up with a new directive of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and its Group Managing Director, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, that the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) embark on renewed special supply intervention to ensure a country-wide availability of petroleum products for the Christmas.
NNPC said in a statement by its Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Ohi Alegbe, that the special supply intervention entails the ramping up of additional supply via massive truck-out to guarantee product penetration to the nooks and crannies of the country.
The corporation stated that daily fuel truck out to locations such as Abuja,
The corporation stated that daily fuel truck out to locations such as Abuja,