The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has released 1,500 trucks of kerosene for distribution to members of the public in Cross River State.
Media Officer, Port Harcourt Refinery Petroleum Company Ltd, Mr Ikenna Okpani, disclosed this on Wednesday during the flag-off of the “Kero-correct’’ campaign in Calabar.
Leading the team of the kero-correct campaign in Cross River, Okpani said the campaign was to ensure the availability of kerosene at the government-approved price of N50.00 per litre.
Okpani said, “Approximately, we have released 1,500 trucks (40,000 litres per truck) of kerosene for the purpose of this campaign which will last for three months.
“These 1,500 trucks of kerosene would be distributed to the 37 NNPC mega stations, 12 floating mega stations and 524 NNPC affiliate stations across the country over the period of three months.”
He said the campaign was an initiative of the federal government to get kerosene to consumers at the government-approved price of N50.00 per litre.
“We have discovered over time that a lot of Nigerians are not getting this product at the approved price across the country.
“And the federal government in its wisdom through the NNPC has decided to bring this product to consumers all over the country”, Okpani said.
