Petrol scarcity worsens as more FCT stations run out of stock
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By Obas Esiedesa
DESPITE assurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC that it has enough petrol in stock and that the ex-depot price will not increase in the month of March, more filling stations in Abuja shut their gates with long queues at the few stations that were opened.
The queues which began appearing over the weekend as motorists prepared for petrol price increase this week, worsened on Monday with motorists waiting for hours before they could purchase the product.
Most filling stations monitored in the FCT had long queues with most selling at N167 although NNPC stations continued selling at N162 per litre.