The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has urged Nigerians to stop panic buying and exercise patience as effort is being made to address the current fuel scarcity occasioned by flooding.

IPMAN in a statement issued by the  Chairman, Northern Nigeria branch, Bashir Danmalam, explained that about 200 trucks loaded with the commodity from Calabar are being expected in Abuja and other parts of Northern states for onward distribution to fuel stations.

According to him, following the flooding, most of the major roads being used by the marketers had gone bad as most truck drivers spend between eight and nine days especially on Koton Karfe road before reaching their destination.  

He said the NNPC had directed the company working on the affected roads to give priority to the damaged potions of the roads.

Danmalam commended the Managing Director of Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, ,PPMC, Isyaku Abdullahi, for supporting marketers with diesel to reduce the hardship experienced as a result of the hike in the price of the product.