Again
the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
has assured motorists that there was no plan to increase the pump price
of the Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), more popularly known as fuel. The
Corporation gave the assurance in response to the rumours of planned
increase in the pump price of fuel, which was causing panic buying in by
motorists.
Also, the Corporation, in a statement from the Group General
Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, caution motorists
against the panic buying of its products.
The Corporation stated that it has enough product that would last
for 38 days, even as the Corporation’s refineries were producing
products on daily bases.
The statement from Ughamadu reads in part: “The Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation wishes to enjoin motorists in Abuja and its
environs, and indeed the federation, not to engage in any panic buying
of petroleum products.
“The assures motorists that the Corporation has 1.3billion litres
stock of PMS, otherwise called petrol, which is sufficient to serve the
nation for more than 38 days.”
According to the Corporation: “This plea comes on the heels of
reports that some motorists have begun panic buying of petrol, following
rumours that the government is about to increase the pump price of the
white product from N145 per litre.
“NNPC wishes to assure
Nigerians that there is no iota of truth in the rumour that government
is scheduled to adjust pump price of petrol.
“Indeed, with the
resumption of production by the Corporation’s three refineries in
Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Warri, complemented by imports, there is
enough stock of PMS, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), diesel and kerosene.”
Read more at: NewTelegraph
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