Oil marketers have expressed fears that there might be scarcity of petrol if the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited fails to make the product available to depot owners and other dealers.
Petrol scarcity has been reported in Lagos State, as long queues emerged in some filling stations on Monday. The scarcity was said to have caused gridlock in some parts of the state and a sudden hike in transport costs. The traffic jam appeared to be particularly severe on the Ikorodu Road axis, where cars faced an unusually long queue of motorists waiting to buy petrol at filling stations. In addition, there were long lines at the Total Filling station on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, resulting in high tariffs along the Ikeja axis, according to Punch.
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