*As 30,000 metric tonnes of kerosene arrive Apapa jetty

By Yemie Adeoye

LAGOS – Ahead of the 10-day target set by the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, for the elimination of the artificially induced scarcity and hike in the price of House Hold Kerosene, HHK, the NNPC, weekend, stepped up measures to ensure that the deadline is met.

Group Managing Director of the corporation, Engr. Austen Oniwon, assured Nigerians during a working visit to Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, and the Nigerian Gas Company Limited that the corporation was working assiduously towards achieving an unimpeded flow of the product. 

On Friday, a vessel, MT Tereno, laden with 30,000 metric tonnes of kerosene berthed at the Apapa jetty for onward discharge into the depots of members of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, for distribution and sale in their various outlets across the country.

“As you can see, the refineries are also working and so I believe that the kerosene from the three refineries in the country and the imported ones will permanently put to rest the artificially induced scarcity of the product in the country,” Oniwon said.

He said the daily consumption of kerosene in the country was between eight to nine million litres but the corporation has decided to exceed that figure in order to bridge the artificial gap noting that the current challenge is as a result of inefficient distribution.