The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a 48hrs ultimatum to all stakeholders in the oil industry to bring solutions to the ongoing fuel scarcity across the country.
Reports has it that most of the filling stations in Abuja are set to begin 24hrs operations.
Some of the fuel stations are the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited Mega station Zone one, NNPC airport road, Lugbe, AA Rano, Jabi, AA Rano Utako, AA Rano Katampe, AYM Shafa, Wuse, AYM ushafa, Shema Katampe, Shema among others.
Previously the secret agency had threatened to launch a nationwide operation on saboteurs if there is still queues at various filling stations in the country after the ultimatum.
The spokesperson of DSS, Peter Afunanya said the directive came after the Director-General of DSS, Yusuf Magaji Bichi met with the major stakeholders in the oil industry at the agency headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.
Afunanya said stakeholders at the meeting included: Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Depot Operators among others.
“The question is if there is sufficient of petroleum product, why the scarcity”,