NNPCL Reduces Petrol Price to N965 Per Litre in Abuja

Like its other retail stations across the country, the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), in Abuja, has reduced the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol from N1,060 to N965 per litre.

Expectedly, motorists in their numbers thronged the NNPCL’s stations in Abuja to benefit from the “largesse” the national oil company has offered.

The NNPC mega station at Zone 1 and the other directly opposite the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) both close to the popular GSM market were besieged by motorists who tried to outwit one another to get fuel for their vehicles.

While some (motorists) were orderly and followed the queue, others were seen shunting the queues and in the process offering stipends to the street boys who manned the entrance gates at the two retail stations.

It was also the same story at NNPCL’s retail station at the Zone 4 close to the National Blood Transfusion Service office as vehicles spilled to the road and in the process obstructing vehicular movement along Sheraton Junction-Wuse-Berger axis of the metropolis.

When asked why there was no queue at the station, a petrol attendant told our correspondent that he believed that motorists would still come as they may have been stung by Christmas bug and getting things for their families.

Visit to independent marketers such as Total Oil (N1,083), RainOil (N1,050), AYM Shafa (N1,060), BOVAS Oil (N1,060) and Zamson Oil and Gas ((N1,060) along the same Abuja-Keffi Expressway.

Some respondents who spoke with correspondents expressed joy at the steps taking by the NNPCL in reducing the price however appealed to the Federal Government and especially President Bola Tinubu, who is the substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources to consider more reduction in fuel price to alleviate the sufferings of Nigerians who have been feeding from hand to mouth as a result of removal of subsidies by the President in May last year.

“We thank the NNPC for this reduction. But I want to call on President Bola Tinubu to consider bringing down the price so that Nigerians can enjoy for once. His policies have been very harsh and no one is happy. He can bring back smiles to our faces if he does the right thing and make life more comfortable for the people. Nigerians are suffering,” a respondent who did not want to be mentioned told Nigerian Tribune.

Some transporters (Vehicle, Keke and Okada owners) who engaged our correspondent said the reduction had little or no effect on them and would have to stick to the fare and make more money as Christmas is around the corner.