NNPC Apologises To Nigerians, Promises To Ease Fuel Scarcity Next Week

The group chief executive officer (GCEO), Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari has vowed to ease the petrol shortage crisis significantly in the coming week.

Kyari had earlier blamed the prolonged scarcity on greed and arbitrage in the entire petroleum value chain.

In a pre-recorded television interview on Tuesday, the national oil firm leader said the scarcity will ease up substantially from next week.

The NNPC boss, however, said he could not guarantee that there will be no queues at filling stations.

“I am not saying that you are going to have zero queues in the next one week. I cannot guarantee that because a number of things are out of our control, and of course, market forces will determine some of these issues,” Kyari said.

“But I believe that we are going to see substantial and relative ease compared to today in the next one week.”

Kyari also apologised to Nigerians for the hardship they have experienced over the petrol scarcity and the resultant hike in pump prices in the past months.