Tinubu orders NNPCL, Oil, Gas stakeholders to address fuel availability, pricing challenges
President Bola Tinubu has mandated the Vice President, Kashim Shettima to convene a high-level meeting aimed at addressing the challenges in the oil and gas industry, especially the prevailing issues of pricing and scarcity.
To this end, Shettima met with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Oil, Heineken Lokpobiri, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Mele Kyari, and the Executive Director, under the Nigerian Mainstream, Downstream and Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Ugbogu Ukoha at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Responding to questions during the meeting, Lokpobiri said President Tinubu was equally worried about the developments in the energy sector, saying he is empathetic to the difficulties Nigerians are currently experiencing.
According to Lokpobiri the President emphasized the need for immediate reflection and action to ensure stability in fuel supply and pricing.
He assured Nigerians that measures are being put in place to increase the availability of petroleum products nationwide by the end of the week.
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