The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, says efforts are on to address the current fuel scarcity occasioned by the flooding which led to the destruction of some major roads in some northern states.
IPMAN Chairman, Northern Nigeria branch, Bashir Danmalam, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Kano.
Danmalam disclosed that about 200 trucks loaded with the commodity from Calabar, Cross River State, were being expected in Abuja and other parts of the northern states for onward distribution to filling stations.
The IPMAN Chairman said the trucks were expected to come through Ikom, Ogoja, Katsina Ala, Vandeikia up to Lafiya to Abuja.
He said the NNPC Limited in collaboration with IPMAN were making frantic efforts to ensure adequate supply and distribution of the product as there is enough fuel in stock.
Danmalam said following the flooding, most of the major roads being used by the marketers had gone bad as most truck drivers spent between eight and nine days especially on Koton Karfe road before reaching their destinations.
He noted that some of the affected roads included Bida lemu- zungeru road, Minna-Tagina (6km from Minna Makonkele) and Tegina-Mokwa road as well as Mokwa- Makera to Minna (Bakane) and Lambata-Lapai-Agaie-Bida roads.
Danmalam however explained that the NNPC had also mobilised the Federal Road Safety Corps personnel to assist in clearing the affected roads for smooth transportation of the commodity to the northern parts of the country.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, on Thursday, had said there was no need for panic buying as efforts were being made to address the challenges of scarcity of fuel created due to the flooding in parts of Kogi and Niger states which prevented the passage of petroleum trucks for distribution of products to Abuja and some northern states.
