The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said yesterday that five Nigeria-bound petrol-laden vessels from Belgium were turned back.
This is as the country is still staggering under a scarcity of petrol, due to the discovery of imported toxic petrol.
Group Managing Director of NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, told the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) yesterday the oil giant had filed for liquidated damages against the suppliers of the off-spec product.
He guaranteed Nigerians that the NNPC was doing everything to ensure product availability.
Kyari reiterated that about 2.5 billion litres of PMS were being expected before the end of the month.
He said: “For this current situation, I assure you that we have taken every necessary step to restore supply into this country.
“We have placed orders significant enough for us to cross into March, with at least 2.1 billion litres of PMS in our custody.
“The situation you’re seeing today, I can assure you that by next week, it will vanish, all things being equal.”
