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Fuel Queues Return in Abuja Amid Supply Shortage
Petrol stations in Abuja face long queues and closures following a three-day oil workers’ strike. IPMAN assures normal supply will resume within 2–3 days, with Dangote Refinery now the country’s main petrol source.
For the first time since the Dangote Refinery began supplying petrol in 2024, long queues have reappeared at filling stations in Abuja, with many outlets shut due to a scarcity of products.
Across the capital and surrounding areas, most stations remained closed, while the few operating were crowded with motorists struggling to buy fuel.
The shortage follows last week’s three-day strike by oil workers under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
Speaking to Vanguard, Chief Chinedu Ukadike, Public Relations Officer of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), assured that the disruption was temporary.
“It is not just Abuja alone. Lagos was dry two days ago and so was the East. It is a reflective effect of the PENGASSAN strike. Now that loading has commenced, within two to three days this little disruption in distribution will be over and we will resume normal supply. There is no cause for alarm,” Ukadike said.
He further noted that the $20 billion Dangote Refinery has now become the sole supplier of petrol in Nigeria, with NNPC Limited, depot owners, and marketers all depending on the facility.
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