The planned fuel distribution by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery with 4,000 Compressed Natural Gas-powered trucks could not start on Friday due to logistics challenges in China.
The $20bn Lekki-based firm had earlier announced plans to kick off the direct fuel distribution exercise with the 4,000 CNG-powered trucks. The trucks were ordered from China to be delivered in Lagos for Dangote’s direct fuel distribution.
However, the plan could not materialise because the company was only able to receive 450 trucks. It was learnt that 150 others would be delivered next week, making a total of 600 trucks.
A very senior executive officer of the Dangote Group confirmed this development in an exclusive interview with Newsmen over the weekend. The official, who did not want to be mentioned due to a lack of authorisation to speak on the matter, told our correspondent that there were not enough ships to transport the trucks to Nigeria from China.
