Fear spreads as fuel lines form in Abuja as a result of the flood on Lokoja Road(Photo, Video)
A poor road network on the highway linking Abuja and Lokoja has hampered the delivery of products to the north of the country, creating gasoline queues in Abuja.
TheCable formed long lines Wednesday at gas stations along Airport Road, Lugbe, Central Business District (CBD).
An industry source, who requested anonymity, said the problem was caused by a poor road network as tankers take longer to reach petrol stations.
“Some trucks got stuck due to road conditions and other trucks with products couldn’t pass,” the source said.
Another source told TheCable that traffic on the Abuja-Lokoja road was causing bottlenecks and that “the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) had to use the Calabar road to supply the northern states. In an interview with the Daily Sun, Abubakar Maigandi, vice president of Nigeria’s Independent Petroleum Marketers (IPMAN), said the queue was due to a fuel shortage at the depot of the Nigerian National Oil Company (NNPCL). .
He said this development forced private warehouse owners to raise their prices from N148 to N170 to N175 per liter.
Maigundy also attributed the situation to poor roads, which he said was one of the factors discouraging oil marketers from loading produce at depots in Lagos. I’m here.
He said it would take several days to transport the goods to Abuja and the north of the country.
“Last week saw an increase in gasoline depot prices by private depot owners. NNPC depots could not be reached, and private depots said they were running out of products.
TheCable has reached out to Garba Deen Muhammad, a spokesman for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, for comment.
