The Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) says the current fuel scarcity in the FCT is caused by flooding at Koton Karfe, a community between the FCT and Lokoja.
ADITOP also attributed the scarcity to the fact that alternative roads to get to the FCT are damaged and ridden with potholes making it challenging to get to the federal capital.
President of ADITOP, Lawan Dan-Zaki, told reporters in Abuja on Saturday that the solution was to hasten the reconstruction of the damaged Lambata-Lapai-Agaie-Bida Road in Niger as an alternative route.
“A lot of our trucks are loaded with petroleum products but cannot go through the flood area freely, while the empty ones cannot return to load products,” he said.
