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NNPC warns Nigerians against panic buying of petrol
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged Nigerians to desist from panic buying of petroleum products assuring that the Corporation has enough supply to go round the country.
Making this appeal on Thursday in Abuja was the NNPC Group General Manager Group Public Affairs Division, Malam Garba Deen Muhammad.
According to him, the current petrol shortage would soon be over as the unusually long queues in major cities like Lagos and in Abuja are reducing by the day.
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Panic buying, according to Muhammad is what is making motorists to converge in a particular filling stations thereby creating scarcity especially in Abuja.
He said over 200 trucks laden with petrol have been supplied to Abuja and environs on Thursday and the trend will continue.
Muhammad further assured that the Corporation is doing everything humanly possible to ensure supply and distribution of products is not disrupted in any way.
He appealed to motorists to be orderly while waiting to buy petrol and also called on marketers not to hoard the product.
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