Following the discharge of roughly 300 tankers of gasoline to Lagos and its surrounds on Wednesday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC). revived Nigerians’ hopes that fuel lines would vanish, according to Anaedoonline.ng.
Following the suspension of tanker movements brought on by the floods in Lokoja and other areas, fuel lines have returned in Lagos and other states on Monday.
More than 1.4 million people were left homeless by the floods, which also inundated a larger portion of the nation, killed over 600 people, and stopped vehicle traffic in 21 states.
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This had an impact on how petroleum products were distributed to the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos, and certain other nearby states.
However, the NNPC has quickly responded to the flooding-related distribution problem by releasing an additional 300 trucks of Premium Motor Spirit to Lagos.
Findings indicate that the 300 trucks will boost product availability and close the supply gap.
According to report conclusions, this would contribute to shortening the fuel line wait times over the next two days.
Additional findings indicated that 200 gasoline trucks will shortly arrive in Abuja for the delivery of petroleum supplies.
According to information, the trucks are already in Lapai, Niger State.
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Findings also showed that the NNPC is assisting with the reconstruction of some of the damaged roads through the Executive Order 007, which was signed into law bu President Buhari in 2019.
Over 1,824 kilometers of roads in Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones are being built by the NNPC.
The Federal Inland Revenue Service provides funding for the road building project that is being carried out under the tax credit program.
As part of the initiative, the NNPC will build 1,804.6 kilometers of roads for N621,237,143,897.3 in total.
According to a breakdown of the project’s finance, the North-Central geopolitical zone received the largest sum of N244.87 billion for the building of 791.1 kilometers of roads.
Benue, the Federal Capital Territory, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, and Plateau State make up the North-Central.
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The NNPC Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment project resulted in the South-South geopolitical zone being the second-highest recipient with N172.02 billion for a total of 81.9 kilometers of road.
The zone consists of the states of Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Delta, and Edo.
Following the North-East was the South-West, which received a total of N81.87 billion to build 252.7 kilometers of roads.
Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Ondo, Ogun, and Oyo State make up the region.
Similar to that, the NNPC provided the North-East with N56.12 billion to build 273.35 kilometers of roads as part of the program.
Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, and Yobe are the states that are anticipated to be covered by these zones.
The amount of N43.28 billion was set aside for the construction or restoration of 122 kilometers of roads in the South-East geopolitical zone.
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The five states that make up the zone are: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo.
The North-West geopolitical zone, which includes Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Kebbi, Sokoto, Jigawa, and Zamfara, had the least allocation, according to a further breakdown of the NNPC timetable.
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