Except urgent steps are taken, Nigerians may soon witness another
round of fuel scarcity as the Petroleum Tankers Drivers (PTD) branch of
NUPENG have suspended petroleum products loading across depots in Lagos.
A visit by Daily Sun to major and independents marketers’ depot in
Apapa yesterday revealed that all PTD members had complied with the
directive of the association.
At Ijora and Sunrise in Apapa, long stretches of tankers dotted the
entire length of Dockyard road without drivers in sight to load
petroleum products.
Some marketers who spoke to Daily Sun lamented that, should
government fail to intervene and resolve the disagreement between PTD
members and the Navy, the situation would in the next two days lead to
acute shortage of petroleum products.