According to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, 339 million liters of gasoline were supplied to 63 depots nationwide over the course of seven days.
The items were sent between February 25 and March 3, according to information that The ANAEDOONLINE on Monday got from the NNPCL and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.
In accordance with the Weekly National PMS Evacuation & Dispatch report, 339 million liters of gasoline were dispersed across the states, with 1.73 billion of those liters going to Lagos.
Delta State got 610 million litres; Oyo received 531 million litres and Ogun had 441 million litres to top the list of states that got petrol during this period.
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With a daily average distribution of about 48 million litres, and 63 million daily average, NNPCL and NMDPRA, said 79 per cent of all evacuation took place at the top 25 top loading depots with minimum evacuation of 5 million litres.
Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, had last year said Nigeria consumed 66 million litres of petrol daily.
The ANAEDOONLINE last week reported that depots were shut for some days before and after the presidential general on February 25, leading to fuel scarcity.
The country has been battling a shortage of petrol since October, which forced it to rise to N500 per litre, before dropping back to N185 in February.
The ANAEDOONLINE observed a fairly long queue at NNPC retail station along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday.
As of Monday, many filling stations were not selling fuel to motorists.
However, on Tuesday, most stations reopened for business.
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