Major oil marketers and Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) have onfirmed receiving fuel from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
According to the executive secretary of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Obafemi Olawore, his members began receiving the product on Monday.
Lawore said though supply from the NNPC was below their expectation, but they ha resumed fuel distribution.
Also the chairman, Lagos state chapter of IPMAN, Alanamu Balogun, confirmed that the Ejigbo Satellite and Mosimi depots had been fully supplied with petrol and promised that the current fuel scarcity hitting Lagos and Ogun states would end soon.
He said that before the fuel crisis, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was supplying his members only six trucks daily, but since about five days now, the corporation had increased supply to 80 trucks, per day, and promised to increase the supply.
He said his members and NNPC workers were working 24 hours daily, to ensure that fuel circulated all over Lagos and Ogun state regularly.