* Lagos receives largest chunk
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has announced a record supply of Premium Motor Spirit aka petrol across the country, as a measure to forestall scarcity.
The NNPC said between March 21 to April 3, 2022, 1.029 billion litres of petrol had been sent to states, the highest level within a period of two weeks.
The increase in NNPC’s supply reflects the promise by the Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, to deal with the fuel crisis, which hit the country two months ago.
The latest report released by the NNPC shows an average of 73.56 million litres daily supply.
The report revealed that Lagos received a total of 170.36 million litres of PMS during the 14-day period, while Kano State followed with 83.612 million litres.
Niger, Oyo and Ogun states received 82.612 million litres, 49.639 million litres and 44.174 million litres respectively.
From the bottom, Jigawa received the lowest supply of 1.318 million litres; Bauchi State received 2.392 million litres; Yobe State 4.190 million litres, while Ebonyi State received 5.256 million litres of PMS.
The report stated that 69 per cent of the products were distributed to the High Demand States, while 25 per cent went to the Medium Demand States and the Low Demand States shared the remaining 6 per cent.