NNPC, Capital Oil sell 120,000 litres of kerosene to households in Gombe

By Robert Obi

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) in partnership with the Capital Oil and Gas Industries Ltd has sold 120,000 litres of kerosene to households in Gombe.
Samuel Echea, the Business Manager of Kerosene-direct of the company disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe.
He said that the scheme was part of efforts to cushion the effect of shortage of the product in Gombe state.
Echea said that the product was sold in different locations in Gombe metropolis at the official price of N50 per litre. He said that the scheme was in collaboration with NNPC management to reduce the hardship faced by the masses.
According to him, the policy is also aimed at mitigating environmental problems associated with the felling of trees for fire wood. He said that the product was sold at Kamara Primary School, Jeka da fari, Army Barracks, Low Cost Housing units and at the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure for government officials.

Echea said that there was a high demand for the product by the people of the state.
He said that the scheme had successfully checked the activities of middle men who were capitalising on the problem to sell the little available commodity in the state at high price.
 Naij