NNPC STAFF DEPLOYED TO PETROL STATIONS ACROSS NIGERIA BY FG

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation staff were yesterday instructed by the Federal Government to be deployed to filling stations all over the country to help ensure the smooth supply and distribution of petrol products and to check the sharp practices of these stations. This was said as the NNPC indicated that it just made available 200 truckloads of fuel to Abuja and another ‎567 trucks distrbuted nationwide under the special intervention fuel supply for the xmas season.

This statement was released by NNPC, after an ‎impromptu meeting between the Minister and senior staff of the NNPC in Abuja where Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, gave the directive. The staff involvement was said to be  required for effective monitoring and to put an end to the current queues at the filling stations nationwide and urged them to make zero queue at the stations a reality soonest.

Dr. Victor Adeniran, the Group Executive Director, Commercial & Investment, who also spoke at the forum urged monitoring duties to work closely with the Rapid Response Team and report any situation that needs urgent intervention such as low stock, delayed arrival of trucks or any underhand dealing and also told the deployed staff to be vigilant and make sure that all the petrol designated for their respective stations is delivered and dispensed to members of the public in a most efficient manner.

TheMinister also said that, it is high time NNPC rose above the challenges limiting the efficient distribution of petroleum products in the country by making sure that special intervention supplies are not diverted or hoarded.