NNPC not responsible for fuel scarcity, says PENGASSAN chief

THE Lagos Zonal Chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Rev. Folorunso Oginni, has absolved the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of responsibility for the current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) in the country.Speaking on the scarcity of petrol and long queues at the petrol station all over the country, Oginni said that it was wrong for anybody to blame the NNPC for the scarcity, adding that the national oil corporation have been doing its best to resolve the fuel crisis.'The NNPC should be commended for putting all efforts in place to ensure that the current fuel crisis is resolved, even after three of its workers were killed by vandals and economic saboteurs. NNPC has been working under pressure to ensure that fuel is available all over the country,' he said.He explained that the queues would still persist unless the government does the necessary things.Some of the things needed to be done by the government, according to Oginni, include performing Turn Around Maintenance of the existing four refineries to ensure that they work at optimal capacity; building of new refineries, including the Greenfield refineries; and provision of adequate security for oil and gas workers and facilities, especially pipelines.He stated that there is no way the NNPC could have done more than what it is doing today under the kind of conditions it is operating.
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