The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it has 17 days stock of Petrol, compared to the three to four days recorded at the peak of fuel shortage in March.

A Statement by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs of the NNPC, Mr Garba Muhammad, said five vessels belonging to the NNPC and other oil marketers had started discharging at various depots and jetties across Nigeria.

A total of 1,194 trucks were loaded nationwide with Lagos receiving 467 trucks while Abuja received 141 trucks, the corporation said.

While urging Nigerians not to engage in panic buying, the NNPC promised to give daily breakdown of product supplied to Nigerians until the situation fades away completely.

Queues at petrol service stations across Nigeria had become longer in the past few days, after the Minister of Petroleum said the scarcity would ease by the second week of April.