Resolve fuel scarcity in 48 hours DSS tells petroleum company

The Department of State Services has given Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and other stakeholders in the downstream sector 48 hours to end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country.

Addressing journalists at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, the DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said the service held a closed-door meeting with stakeholders who agreed to end the scarcity.

Afunnaya said that the service decided to wade into the development in the interest of the nation, adding that the service would not fold its arms to allow some individuals or group to destabilise the country.

He said during the meeting, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited discovered that it had about 1.9 billion litres of PMS in stock which will last for the period of Yuletide and long after.

He said all DSS commands had been placed on red alert and would commence operations to bring defaulters to book.

The stakeholders who attended the meeting included MOMAN, DEPMAN, IPMAN, NNPC, NARTO, NUPENG and PTD.