By: Sylvester Abudu Omose
For days and weeks now, some states in Nigeria has been experiencing acute shortage of fuel. The situation has further crippled all major business activities in Abuja the Federal Capital, Ondo, Osun, Benue, Plateau, Enugu and some other states..
Black marketers sold one litre for as high as N1,200 to desperate motorists.
GTN team who monitored the situation could see some drivers who ran out of fuel in hot spots were ready to pay N1,300 per litre just to exit the danger zone.
Meanwhile, there was an array of hope that the situation would improve this weekend, as Governance Today Nigeria news could see more retail outlets within FCT getting opened to customers at 5:45pm.
Many civil servants who had a tough time returning home from work on Wednesday and Thursday did not bother to turn up at their workplaces yesterday Friday.
A GTN reporter also gathered that, there was still epileptic fuel supply in Ondo state.
The epileptic supply of fuel was no better in neighbouring Osun State yesterday with many filling stations also shut down.
The selling price ranged between N600 and N670 in the few filling stations that opened for business.
Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Ore depot, Shina Amoo, said NNPCL was not selling to IPMAN members.
Amoo said IPMAN members had to resort to buying from third parties at high prices.
He said fuel marketers are shutting down operations in the state due to low or non-profit margin.
The crisis was characterised by long queues at filling stations in Enugu while prices hovered between N600 and N725 per litre.
It was N660 in some Total, Enyo, Masters Energy, Rainoil and Northwest filling stations and N660 per liter in NNPC filling stations.
Osun residents, motorists groan as petrol stations hoard fuel
Residents and motorists in Osun State accused petrol dealers in the state of hoarding and profiteering.
Governance Today Nigeria news observed long queues at major marketers petrol stations with price ranging between N625 and N640 per litre.
Independent marketers sold theirs for between N700 and N750.
Human rights activist Comrade Waheed Saka asked the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and the State government to check the situation.
A motorist, Saheed Salako, claimed that many of the petrol stations had fuel but refused to sell.
Crisis worsens in Plateau as a litre goes for N800
Many car owners in Jos, the Plateau State capital have been forced to park their vehicles at home. Owing to the hike in fuel prices.
A litre sold for between N760 and N800 at some filling stations yesterday.
The NNPCL had attributed the tightness in the supply of PMS currently being experienced in some areas across the country to logistics issues but said the issues “have been resolved.”
It urged Nigerians to “avoid panic buying as there is sufficient products in the country.”
Governance Today Nigeria news is highly concerned as to why there are no strong policies, to regulate fuel or PMS sales in Nigeria?
