Edo State is set to receive 296,000 litres of petroleum products, according to a document made available to journalists in Benin City on Tuesday.
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The document, which was signed by the Edo State  Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Oil & Gas, Hon. Joseph Ugheoke, said that “the petroleum products were loaded to Edo State on Monday, December 18, 2017.â€
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He explained that the products were assigned to eight petrol stations spread across the state: Win Oil, Auchi, 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS); ConOil, Akpakpava, 33,000 litres of PMS; Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Retail, Benin Mega- Station, 45,000 of PMS; NNPC Retail, Relmotro Oil and Gas, 40,000 litres of PMS; NNPC Retail Benin Mega-Station 33,000 litres of PMS; NNPC RetaiL, Benin Mega Station, 40,000 litres of DPK; NNPC Retail, Auchi Standard Services, 36, litres of PMS; and NNPC Retail, Auchi Standard Services, 36,000 litres of PMS.
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Sources of the products are Lagos, Port Harcourt, Warri and Pinnacle.
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The commissioner had earlier advised motorists not to engage in panic buying as there were enough products to serve them in the yuletide.