(Ecofin Agency) - The Managing Director of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue (photo), on Friday assured the public that the existing scarcity of petrol throughout the country will end by weekend.

According to her, PPMC has introduced ways to make sure that the scarcity comes to an end, adding that eight vessels carrying petrol of approximately 40 metric tonnes each is expected to arrive soon.

“We share in the pain of all motorists, all Nigerians, and despite all the efforts being made, including fighting against every process being used to break the strong hold of corruption and all those engaged in sharp practices. Right now, more than 300 trucks should be arriving in Abuja and we are tracking them to ensure that they duly arrive here and these should be more than enough to ensure sufficiency,” she said.

Nnamdi-Ogbue pointed out that on Wednesday, more than 1000 trucks were loaded and dispatched by the majors and PPMC and staffs were also being sent out to observe the distribution processes.

“We have our staff all over, monitoring to make sure that the volumes brought in are actually discharged. In most of the major or strategic stations, they are selling fuel twenty-four hours, which is throughout the day so that the situation is effectively brought to normalcy. One of the things that we are doing is that we are working alongside the oil majors and other downstream firms to collaborate in making sure that fuel queues disappear, we are working with IPMAN, the independent petroleum marketers,” she told Sweet Crude news.

Anita Fatunji