NNPC floods Zamfara with kerosene

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday released 66,000 litres of kerosene for sale to the public in Zamfara State at the Federal Government approved pump price of N50 per litre.
The Managing Director, Petroleum Products Marketing Company, Haruna Momoh, announced this on Thursday in Gusau at a ceremony to declare the availability of the product in the state.
This is coming on the heels of the controversy generated by the subsidy on kerosene, which had not benefitted the masses.
Despite the subsidy on kerosene, only NNPC filling stations sell at the subsidised price of N50 in most parts of the country.
Represented by Adamu Sani, the NNPC Depot Manager in Gusau, Momoh said in Gusau on Thursday that 22,000 litres would be off-loaded at AP designated filling stations in each of three local government headquarters of Gusau, Kaura-Namoda and Talata-Mafara.
He assured the people of the state that the NNPC would facilitate regular supplies of kerosene and other petroleum products to the state at controlled prices to ease the difficulties faced by the people.
He urged consumers to be orderly while purchasing the commodity and assured them that the NNPC would make the product available in all parts of the state.
Commending the NNPC for the supply, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State said that the gesture would help to reduce felling of trees for use as firewood.
Represented by Alhaji Garba Ahmed, a member of the state Task Force on the Distribution of Petroleum Products, the governor appealed to the people to take advantage of the kerosene supply for their domestic use and avoid hoarding.
Also speaking, a representative of AP Petroleum Company, Alhaji Bashir Abdulaziz, called for adequate deployment of policemen during sales and promised that the stations would remain open until the commodity was exhausted.
Some of the consumers who spoke to newsmen at the occasion expressed delight over the supply and urged government to continue to make the commodity available.