'Apapa traffic gridlock will continue until scarcity abates'

Lagos - National Union Of Petroleum & Natural Gas Workers
(NUPENG) has said the traffic gridlock in Apapa axis in Lagos
will continue until the scarcity of petrol is resolved.
It said that petrol tankers across the country were loading at
Apapa depots.
Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union, told
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday that NNPC
depots had not been loading because of activities of vandals.
He said that tanker drivers were now coming to private depots
in Lagos to carry fuel.
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Korodo said that the traffic gridlock would have been checked
if NNPC was using over the 50 private depots in Lagos to
distribute the product.
"At present NNPC is using only six private depots in Lagos to
distribute the product and they are all in Apapa axis.
"They are Capital Oil and Gas, The Joe Oil and Gas, Folawiyo
Oil and Gas, Eternal Oil and Gas, Wisco Oil and Gas and Nipco
Oil and Gas.
"All these depots are in Apapa; petrol tankers are coming from
all states of the federation to Apapa for loading.
"Presently, Apapa is the only solution to the country's
petroleum problem.
"Until the scarcity is over, traffic gridlock is inevitable in Apapa
roads,” he said.
The union chairman said that the officials of Petroleum Tanker
Drivers (PTD) were working with LASTMA to ease the gridlock.
He assured the Federal Government that the tanker drivers
would ensure that the product was not diverted.
- NAN

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