Fuel Scarcity Blamed on Supply Chain Disruption
Major Energy Marketers’ Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) blamed the recent fuel scarcity on supply chain disruption.
Travellers and motorists have been groaning following fuel scarcity across various filling stations in the nation’s capital, Abuja as the situation is a little bit calm in Lagos except pockets of long queues at some major filling stations.
A director of one of the petrol stations, who preferred anonymity, said the resurfacing of fuel scarcity in Abuja, was due to non supply of fuel by NNPCL.
He said being an independent oil marketer, he has always depended on buying from NNPCL, which he said could not get fuel for over a week.
“It is the NNPCL that supplies us fuel but for the past one week, we could not get fuel and the government has failed to tell Nigerians what is responsible for the fuel scarcity,” he said.
He added “And the most annoying thing again is that despite the government secretly paying fuel subsidies, yet the government has failed to supply fuel,” he said.
IPMAN Confirms Scarcity
President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers’ Association (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Migandi said he has been inundated with reports of scarcity especially in Abuja, saying he was yet to be properly briefed on the cause of the crisis.
MEMAN Blames Supply Chain Disruption
Executive Secretary of Major Energy Marketers’ Association (MEMAN), Clement Isong in a chat with our correspondent blamed the scarcity on supply chain disruption.
He said the recent rainfall across the country, especially in Lagos, made it difficult for trucks to lift products, saying there was a thunderstorm at the depots.
He said, “The supply chain is slower when there is a thunderstorm. 24-hour supply chain disruption means that the stations are dry. During the rainy season, the trucks drive more slowly, they also get stuck when the roads are flooded.”
He however assured that the queues would disappear in a few days’ time, adding, “There is product in Lagos, the product is coming and the product is moving.”
SOURCE: Daily Trust
