By Nneka Nwogwugwu
The Federal Government has assured that plans are already been made to end fuel scarcity in Nigeria.
According to Daily Independent, a plan has earlier been endorsed by the president to conclusively end the recent fuel scarcity around the country.
The plan which has already kicked off is expected to ensure that no such scarcity repeats itself again in the country.
State House official, who disclosed this over the weekend, also added that in a matter of days virtually every state in the country would have returned to a very low queue situation in the fuel stations or a completely restored situation with no long queues anymore.
The plan was believed to have been presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last week, although it had been signed off previously by President Muhammadu Buhari before he left the country last week Sunday, on medical checkup, with clear instructions that included a conclusive determination on the initial cause of the scarcity with attendant consequences imposed.
According to the source, “The plan is designed to do everything necessary to end the scarcity quickly and hold those responsible for it in the first instance responsible so as to avoid a repeat.”
But the plan drawn up by the NNPC executives had won the endorsement of the president and the praise of the vice president especially because of the 24-hour round the clock operations, including 24-hour sales in major supply centres in the country and the 24-hour continuous loading at all depots coordinated personally by the Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, himself with the active participation of the Director-General of the DSS, Alhaji Yusuf Bichi.
The 24 hours operations also has an enforcement element with monitoring teams “to prevent any act of sabotage and ensure smooth operations.”
That 24 hours operation also included the direct participation and support of members of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and private depot owners.
