As of November 2022, some petroleum marketers had revealed that despite the FG's assurances that there was enough supply of petroleum products to go around, there had been concerns about logistics and the supply of products.
The marketers also revealed that some new charges had been introduced in the downstream oil sector, which had given rise to an increase in the ex-depot price of petrol.
The marketers further predicted that these issues would extend the fuel queues into the new year, an occurrence that Nigerians are currently witnessing.
“Recently, there have been a lot of charges that marketers pay. There are some charges that the NNPC adds to the pump price, but recently we were told to be prepared to bear freight charges and others,” a major marketer, who pleaded to remain anonymous told The Punch.
The official added, “Also, pipeline charges that used to be 50 kobo before, are now N1 per litre. Now, these charges force depot owners to increase their ex-depot rates as against the one proposed by the NNPC.”
On the solution to end the scarcity of PMS being witnessed across the country, PENGASSAN noted that it is currently following up with the NNPC as they were responsible for assigning the products to marketers.
The group also revealed that from available data, there were over 30 days of PMS sufficiency across the country, hence there was no basis for the current scarcity and hardship currently faced by Nigerians.