The fuel situation looks to get worse as reports have come up that the depot in Satellite, Lagos state has shut down due to a technical fault. The fault it is reported occurred over the weekend.
According to news Agency Leadership, The Chairman Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Satelite Depot, Mr Alamu Ayo said “ As I speak with you now, the depot is not functional, it broke down a few days ago worsening distribution efforts of marketers”
It gets worse as Mr. Ayo also stated that the Apapa depot didn’t have any fuel either and that with both Satellite and Apapa being major depots that service the South West, things weren’t looking good.
“I want to specifically tell you that throughout last week, combined capacity of the two depots were in no way able to serve Lagos.
“We (Marketers) the whole of last week were given between 6-8 trucks daily as against 102-105 trucks in the past.
“If we maintain that tempo, we will not have this long queues in Lagos, but the truth about the matter is that there is no product, and we are at the moment rationing what we have”.
He also said that government entered into an MOU with the marketers in which they (Marketers) were assured of product availability by the first week in May, so there was optimism that if the government held up its own end of the bargain, then things could be fine.