NUPENG says 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. Mr Tokunbo Korodo, the
South-West Chairman of the union, told newsmen 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. 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.
“The PTD will ensure that we work round the clock to get the products
to their different locations on time. “We are now appealing to NNPC to
increase loading depots because drivers are spending close to a week
before being loaded,” he said.
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