The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has expressed worry that the gridlock being experienced by petroleum tankers and articulated vehicles on Apapa-Wharf Road may result to fuel scarcity.

Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union, said this in an interview in Lagos, on Thursday.

Korodo said since the inauguration of reconstruction of the road, petroleum tanker drivers had been on queue, finding it difficult to gain access to the tank farms to get products.

The chairman said the tank farms within the Apapa Marine Bridge Road received petroleum products from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which was to be distributed by petroleum tankers to different parts of the country.

He, however, said the reconstruction of the road would affect movement of articulated vehicles to the port, adding that it was also taking its toll on tanker drivers as they now find it difficult loading at tank farms in the area.

Korodo called on NNPC to address the lingering issues before it degenerated into fuel scarcity, adding that the delay in getting petroleum products to filling stations would be seen as lack of products.

It would be recalled that Fashola had, on Saturday, signed a N4.34 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group and other stakeholders for reconstruction of the Apapa-Wharf Road.