The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has shared insights into what is responsible for protracted queues in filling stations across the country.
In recent times, queues have returned to filling stations, with some stations emptied of motorists and others on account of not having fuel.
The problem, PENGASSAN President, Mr Festus Osifo, attributed to weak and outdated distribution chains when speaking at the ongoing 2024 PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja on Thursday.
“The distribution chain is weak in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry. That is why today, you see queues in most of the stations. The problem may be solved today, but it will resurface tomorrow.
“Nigeria’s distribution chain is outdated and insufficient to meet the demands of its large population. There is no country in the world as big as Nigeria, with our population, that relies on a single point of product importation and uses trucks to distribute across the nation,” Osifo said.
