Fuel Scarcity: What Nigerians To Expect In The Days Ahead—IPMAN

<h4>Fuel Scarcity<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that though there were earlier indications that the raging petrol shortage can not last beyond next week&comma; fresh information from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria&comma; IPMAN&comma; a body of all the Independent Petroleum Marketers loading at the NNPC Depots across the nation&comma; indicates clearly that it is morning yet on creation day&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The government had Wednesday said it had placed orders for over a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">2&period;1billion litres<&sol;a> of methanol-free petrol to ensure the queues vanish in a few days&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; National Operations Controller&comma; Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria&comma; Mike Osatuyi&comma; has corroborated the federal government position saying&comma; in an interview with journalists&comma; that the Federal Government and other stakeholders are working to end the scarcity&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nonetheless&comma; Osatuyi added a caveat stressing that except in Lagos&comma; other States in Nigeria would continue to experience the hardship in a reasonable length of time&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He argued that shortage might end in Lagos because of increased loading&comma; while it might continue in other parts of the country because of bad roads and other logistical challenges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;