The scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, worsened in Abuja, as the Federal Government attributed the development to flooded roads in Kogi State that stopped tankers from transporting the commodity.

It disclosed this as oil marketers and other operators in the industry called for the downward review of administrative penalties in the midstream and downstream oil sectors.

The call was made public at the closing ceremony of a Stakeholders’ Consultation Forum On Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulations, organised by the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in Abuja.

While giving reasons for the reemergence of petrol queues in Abuja, the NMDPRA stated that the floods in Kogi State had submerged many roads that truckers plied when conveying PMS to Abuja.