Additional Road tankers are expected to arrive from Sierra Leone on Sunday evening. These tankers of gasoline equivalent to 1,000 metric tons were entirely purchased by the Government of Liberia. Some Trucks (Road Tankers) owned by Aminata & Sons Incorporated were hired to transport the gasoline from Freetown to Monrovia. There are reports, that LPRC has also arranged the purchase of another consignment of gasoline from neighboring Guinea and Ivory Coast to race the government initiative to ease gas shortage. All of these are being undertaken as the expected vessels are due in Monrovia beginning Monday, February 17, 2020.

Source: Front Page Africa February 17, 2020 01:41 UTC