#EndSARS: Fuel scarcity imminent as depots stop loading

THERE are strong indications that one of the fallouts of the wide-spread protests rocking the country, particularly the southern part, maybe a scarcity of petroleum products.

This is because the unrest caused by the protests has forced some depots to stop loading trucks.

National Vice President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi hinted at this development.

He added that the #EndSARS protests and the resultant crises have stopped the marketers from transiting their loaded trucks.

According to him, since petroleum products are highly inflammable, the drivers decided to park their trucks in safe places nationwide.

He explained that since consumers buy fuel on daily basis and there is no replenishment, there is bound to be a scarcity of petroleum products.

Magandi noted that the marketers do not have an inexhaustible stock, since they do not hoard products, adding that there would be a reservoir to turn to when the available stock is exhausted.

Asked whether there is any fear of scarcity, he said “definitely, because some of the depots are not loading due of insecurity.

“The ones that have already loaded parked their trucks in the yards so that protesters will not set them on fire. There is no way you can have sufficient fuels in the filling stations because we don’t do hoarding.”

The IPMAN National Vice President urged the protesters to dialogue with the Federal Government for the amicable resolution of the crises.

His words: “The EndSARS issue is a Nigerian issue so the protesters and government should dialogue over it for a lasting solution. Nigerians (both government and the governed need to have attitudinal change. So, it is better to dialogue. “