The price of petrol has been increased from N165 per litre to N185 per litre in Abuja, even as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited says scarcity of the product will end in three days.
Checks by this newspaper in Abuja revealed that some filling stations have adjusted the pump price of the product upwards.
One of such filling stations is Shafa filling station which adjusted price at all its outlets in Abuja to N185 per litre as at Monday morning.
A customer, who bought from one of the Shafa outlets in Dawaki area of Abuja, said she was surprised to find that in less than 24 hours there had been a N20 increase on the commodity.
Meanwhile, Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd Mele Kyari, in an interview with Arise News on Sunday, said fuel queues in Abuja and Lagos will vanish in three days.
According to him, there were issues around supply disruptions which had now been resolved.
Kyari further disclosed that NNPC is fully aware that there are issues with pricing and expects prices to normalise for the Nigerian consumer.
“First of all, there are issues around supply disruptions, this we are overcoming it, we have resolved them, and in the next 3 to 4 days, people will see relief and it (fuel queues) will vanish.
“As we all know, there are no fuel queues in most parts of the country except Lagos and Abuja and we understand the real logistics issues and I am confident within the next 2-3 days this will vanish,” he stated.
While commeting on the issue of pricing, he said, “there is no question around it (petrol price); the president has authorised his discretion, and the right decision to increase the cost of transporting fuel by N10, that means transporters will be able to take product from any depots to the furthest fuel station without any delay.”
“We also acknowledge that there are some facing logistic challenges, particularly in the marine sector, we are resolving those, and convinced that prices will normalise very soon.”
