Rilwanu Lukman, minister of petroleum resources, yesterday read the riot act to management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) asking it to end the fuel supply and distribution challenges or face sack.
Members of the 'NNPC War Room' which was created with a mandate to end the fuel crisis within the next seven days, Lukman charged the group and NNPC management to come up with a viable plan of action to end the fuel queues permanently.
"Yes, there may exist some external factors which are hindering your success in this regard but that is the challenge for you because you are the national oil company. There is no more room for excuses because we have been engaged by the government and the Nigerian people to do this job despite the odds. And we must deliver,'' Lukman said. He added that there would be no hiding place if the NNPC fails to deliver. "People are given a job because of their ability to deliver and if you cannot do it we are going to get people who can do it.
This fuel matter is not only a social and economic nuisance but has some negative implication for the national security,'' the minister stated. Taking the bull by the horn the 'NNPC War Room' reeled out a broad based action points designed to flood some Nigerian cities particularly Abuja and Lagos with petroleum products. Under the arrangement, products would be deployed from the national strategic stocks in Kano, Suleja and Minna for onward bridging to the Federal Capital in a massive trail of truck movement which would see Abuja receive extra 110 trucks daily for the next three days.
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