today-is-a-good-day
4.3 C
New York
Friday, March 29, 2024
HomeNewsEconomyMinister ‘misinterpreted’, fuel scarcity to end soon – NNPC

Minister ‘misinterpreted’, fuel scarcity to end soon – NNPC

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday gave the assurance that the lingering fuel scarcity across the country would soon end.

NNPC in a statement by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Garba Deen Mohammed, the Corporation debunked the “misinterpretation” of comments by its Group Managing Director/Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, in a chat with State House correspondents on Wednesday.

“The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation assures that the Corporation is doing everything possible to end the noticeable fuel queues in most parts of the country in the weeks ahead,” said the statement, noting that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has activated the enablers to ensure sanitization of the fuel supply and distribution matrix.

However, the Corporation, in the statement, decried what it termed “misinterpretation” of an otherwise benign and sincere assessment of the fuel supply scenario by Dr. Kachikwu during a brief chat with State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa after leading members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), to a meeting with Mr. President.

“The Minister’s candour is in keeping with the regime’s policy to be open and sincere with Nigerians at all times.

Advertisements

“For the avoidance of doubt, it is pertinent to state that efforts are in full gear to eliminate all extraneous factors which have so far impeded the free flow of petrol across the country, especially the issue of foreign exchange for oil marketers which the Honourable Minister is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria to resolve,” the NNPC said.

“While apologizing to Nigerians for the recent hardship in assessing petroleum products, the NNPC assures of normalization of the fuel supply and distribution system in the weeks ahead,” Mohammed said.

Advertisements

RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

- Advertisment -

Most Popular

Recent Comments

Onuegbu Chuks Theophilus on Mikel Obi quits Super Eagles
Thomas H. Anderson on Roman Goddess_3
Oladimeji Emmanuel on Obama sends investors to Buhari