The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday
urged airlines operating in Nigeria’s aviation industry to stay calm and
disregard reports that aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet-A1, is scarce in
the country, saying it has up to 80 million litres of the product to distribute
over the next month.
The corporation said it has a good stock of the
product which would be sufficient to meet the needs of the airline operators
and other consumers of the product for about 37 days.
A statement from the NNPC Group General
Manager of Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu
Ughamadu, stated that the assurance became necessary to douse rumours in
certain quarters that there was a shortage of Jet-A1 in the country.
Contrary to insinuations of shortage, the national
oil company stated that there is a stock of over 80 million litres of aviation
fuel in its storage-enough to last for over 37 days at current daily
consumption.
According to the corporation, this would last even
if more cargoes of the product are not imported within the period.
“NNPC, therefore, enjoined airline operators and
other consumers of the product to discountenance the rumours and go about their
businesses without fear or distraction,” the statement said.
It urged marketers and other players in the industry
to desist from any action that could impede the supply and distribution of the
product, adding that the corporation would do everything within its powers to
sustain the seamless supply of petroleum products nationwide.
The NNPC equally called on Nigerians to remain
vigilant and report anyone found to be engaged in product hoarding or diversion
to the industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), or to
any law enforcement agency around them.
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