NNPC: Fuel scarcity persist despite 387.59 million litres distributed

The over two weeks long scarcity caused by the withdrawal of the methanol-blended Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, imported into Nigeria in January, persisted on Wednesday in Abuja and other states.

Amidst the scarcity, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, released the details of how it distributed a total of 387.59 million litres of petrolium in one week to bridge the petrol supply gap.

A breakdown of the NNPC weekly national evacuation report released, showed that 80 percent of all the petrol took place at 20 high loading depots, while 20 percent took place at the other loading depots.