Fuel Scarcity Hits Lagos, As Petrol Supply Drops

Petrol supply in Lagos worsened on Tuesday as long queues of vehicles resurfaced in a number of filling stations, disrupting the free flow of traffic on some roads.

Indication also emerged that loading activities at the Lagos depots dropped by over 80 per cent.

But the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its downstream subsidiary, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, said the country had over 32 days stock of petroleum products.

An executive member of the Petrol Tanker Drivers arm of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, who did not want his name disclosed because he was not authorised to speak on the issue, said about 200 trucks usually loaded petrol on a daily basis, but...

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