The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed that it would begin to take delivery of 45 million litres of petrol every day for distribution across the country, beginning from March 1.
In a statement from its spokesman, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja, the NNPC said that on a daily basis, one cargo of petrol will be delivered to it,
This suggests that the corporation could as well cover the entire petrol need of the country which is about 40 million litres daily.
It also said in the statement that it has strengthened ties with the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) and other downstream industry players.
This, it revealed, will end the recurrent fuel queues in some major cities across the country.
“Within the last 48 hours we have received six cargoes of petrol (270 million litres) and beginning from 1st March, 2016 we shall begin to receive one cargo of petrol every day (45 million litres),” NNPC said in the statement.