NUPENG says the traffic gridlock in Apapa axis
in Lagos will continue until the scarcity of petrol
is resolved. It said that petrol tankers across the
country were loading at Apapa depots. Mr
Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of
the union, told newsmen on Thursday that NNPC
depots had not been loading because of
activities of vandals.
He said that tanker drivers were now coming to
private depots in Lagos to carry fuel. Korodo said
that the traffic gridlock would have been
checked if NNPC was using over the 50 private
depots in Lagos to distribute the product. “At
present NNPC is using only six private depots in
Lagos to distribute the product and they are all
in Apapa axis.
“They are Capital Oil and Gas, The Joe Oil and
Gas, Folawiyo Oil and Gas, Eternal Oil and Gas,
Wisco Oil and Gas and Nipco Oil and Gas. “All
these depots are in Apapa; petrol tankers are
coming from all states of the federation to
Apapa for loading. “Presently, Apapa is the only
solution to the country’s petroleum problem.
“Until the scarcity is over, traffic gridlock is
inevitable in Apapa roads,” he said. The union
chairman said that the officials of Petroleum
Tanker Drivers (PTD) were working with LASTMA
to ease the gridlock. He assured the Federal
Government that the tanker drivers would ensure
that the product was not diverted.
“The PTD will ensure that we work round the
clock to get the products to their different
locations on time. “We are now appealing to
NNPC to increase loading depots because
drivers are spending close to a week before
being loaded,” he said.
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