Despite the 48 hour ultimatum issued to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and oil marketers by the Department of State Services, DSS, on Thursday to make petrol available to Nigerians, the situation has remained the same.
The DSS spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said the ultimatum came after the agency held a closed-door meeting with stakeholders in the oil sector, who agreed to end the scarcity within the stipulated time.
However, oil marketers said the distribution of the product was still problematic, but expressed optimism that queues for the product at various filling stations would soon disappear.
Similarly, dealers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, threatened to shut down operations if the NNPCL continued to deny them direct access to it in terms of payment for products.
Our correspondent gathered that some fuel stations in magboro area of Ogun state, are selling the product as high as N250 per litre.
