The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government and regulatory authorities are making efforts to address fuel scarcity by ensuring that supply disruption is overcome.
The minister made this known to newsmen in Abuja after a meeting with some key leaders in the petroleum industry.
Sylva spoke shortly after meeting with Group Managing Director, NNPC Mele Kyari, and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, among others.
On black marketers, he said it was caused by unscrupulous elements, who chose to take advantage of the situation, thereby calling on them to sell rightly.
According to Kyari, as of this evening, NNPC has up to 1.79 billion litres of Motor Spirit PMS on ground and is still continuing 24 hours loading at the depots and selling.
