The resumption of PMS loading in Lagos depots is a strong indication that the queues at filling stations for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, may subside this week.
Earlier on Saturday, depot owners locked up their stations because of the hunger protest that started on Thursday, even as truck owners and drivers were also afraid of possible attacks while transporting fuel.
On Monday, oil marketers attributed the reappearance of queues at filling stations in many states to the ongoing nationwide hunger protests, with dealers interrupting the supply of petroleum products by dealers in a bid to avert losing their assets.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited also blamed the varying degrees of queues were witnessed in many states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, about two weeks ago on a “hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels.”
Although the company and stakeholders worked together to tackle the challenge, the nationwide protest against hunger and economic hardship which commenced on Thursday, August 1, 2024, disrupted petrol supply again, ushering the reappearance of queues in some states.
However, reliable sources at the depots disclosed to pressmen on Monday that some trucks were loaded on Sunday and Monday to supply petrol across the country, with officials of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and other government agencies reportedly present at the depots to supervise the process.
Meanwhile, the NNPC Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, had stated that the company was “working round the clock with all stakeholders to resolve the situation and restore normalcy in the operations.”
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