NNPCL to deploy 70 self-service fuel stations nationwide as petrol attendants fear job loss

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced plans to deploy betwixt 50 and 70 smart, self-service filling stations nationwide.

The Executive Vice President, Downstream, NNPC Limited, Mumuni Dagazau, disclosed this on Thursday while unveiling a astute mega presumption successful Abuja.

According to him, the initiative, which is expected to materialise wrong six months, is portion of a broader program to alteration its accepted retail outlets into modern vigor and mobility hubs offering petrol, electrical conveyance charging, liquefied petroleum gas, compressed earthy state and different services.

“We are hoping to rotation retired a important number, astir apt astir 50 to 70 of these types of stations wrong the adjacent six months. So this is what you’ll beryllium seeing going guardant from NNPC,” helium stated.

However, the determination could displace petrol attendants from their jobs successful a state with constricted employment opportunities.

DAILY POST reports that betwixt 10 cardinal and 80 cardinal Nigerians are unemployed.

NNPCL to deploy 70 self-service substance stations nationwide arsenic petrol attendants fearfulness occupation loss