The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited has assured Nigerians that the distribution of petrol would soon normalise after it recalled the bad product imported into the country last week.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC Limited has assured Nigerians that the distribution of petrol would soon normalise after it recalled the bad product imported into the country last week.

NNPC Group Executive Director, Downstream, Adetunji Adeyemi, who gave the assurance at a briefing in Abuja, said concerted efforts were being made to end the challenges in the supply of petrol. He added that the company is expecting over 2.3 billion litres of petrol in the country by the end of February and that over 1 billion litres of the product were currently being distributed nationwide.

Adeyemi also assured that the product being dispensed at various filling stations in the country was safe, as the expected 2.3 billion litres would restore the sufficiency level above the national target of 30 days.

The Group Executive Director however explained that in order to accelerate petrol distribution across the country, the company had commenced 24 hours’ operations at its depots and retail outlets.

Also, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Abdullahi Gaya, assured Nigerians that his Committee would handle companies who imported methanol-blended petrol into the country.

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