Nigerians should stop complaining about fuel scarcity and suffer the pains of it because the scarcity was caused by their demand for transparency in the petroleum sector, the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke, who said this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing journalists, said the demands by Nigerians for transparency and accountability coupled with the government’s determination to ensure same was the cause of the sufferings.

“We cannot eat our cakes and have it. We cannot keep calling out for transparency and accountability and pointing at corruption if we are not prepared to bear some of the hardship that will obviously come when you are trying to clean up a sector,” the minister said.

Mrs. Madueke was, however, not done with blaming Nigerians for the fuel scarcity, she also claimed that the government has already reduced the scarcity being witnessed.

“The verifications were being done; payments could not be made by Finance and I think they have said that severally, but the verifications have been done; payments are now being made and like I said the queues have actually begun to go down,” she said.

In Abuja where Mrs. Madueke claims the scarcity has reduced and where she is based as minister, motorists still spend several hours on petrol queues which sometimes are over 200m long; with many petrol stations not even selling the product. Black market operators can be seen selling the product at over 100 per cent the approved price with their transparent jerry-cans everywhere in the Nigerian capital.

The minister however gave Nigerians some hope as she said the scarcity should disappear before the festive period.

She said already the ministry had released petroleum products from its strategic reserve to reduce shortages.

“We too, on NNPC side we have pushed out a lot of our strategic reserve in a bid to ensure that people are not overtly put out in terms of fuel scarcity. And if not for this recent union issue I think it would have been completely alleviated, but I am sure that over the next few days it will die down completely.

“We are doing everything we can on ground to ensure that this Christmas will be like last Christmas, as well,” she said.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke attributed shortages being experienced in almost all parts of the country to stringent measures being taken by the Federal Ministry of Finance in the payment of subsidy claims.

She assured that only genuine subsidy claims by marketers would be entertained in line with the transparency and accountability policy of the government.

“Initially, the queues came out of the whole fuel subsidy issue and the fact of course that verifications of certain amounts and certain marketers’ claims were being made very stringently and this had to be done.

The minister also assured that the NNPC would continue to ensure a level playing field for all interested marketers and operators in the oil and gas sector of the economy.

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thunder, amadioha and Sango fire your mouth madam petroleum minister. Yeyecious entity.

Is this owl-eyed woman high or something? So , the offence was our demand for tranparency and accontability? What does this statement amount to, my people? She is suggesting we should have allowed the statusquo.. GOD! who do we have as public office holders in this country? *slumps*



See wetin evil spirit wey de disturb our power...de do our ministers.....smh.

3rd

Insult to injury. And to think that this naughty woman doesn't pay for whatever fuel she consume.

'Since you don't want us to pay hundreds of billions without verification to fraudulent marketers, we will show you all pepper...hope you all are still waiting in the fuel line, oh! we are verifying payments!'

if i tell this woman what's on my mind, this post will be hidden!

Ds woman is high so because of transparency & accountability dn Nigerians should suffer. I guess she is listening to Tonto Dicke she is high and its ova

Seems madam frog eye must be quaffing the same paraga as jona. An i do not give a damn cannot be far behind

he shouldnt

madam pls be mute! Do your job well and there will be no scarcity of petroleum products.ain't you guyz ahsamed in a country where the resources are readily available and we are experiencing problem of scarcity.its a shame.

The result of groping country,and a foolish nation with no plans,no good leaders,no sincerity,power and corruption is the only food and language those at the top understand.God will vindicate us.

This is another anti-people we have in 9ja apart from Aboki Sanusi...ride on ma,God is watching

This wicked, insensitive, lackey of IOC's should eat a d*ck!
.. And No, slurping on that emasculated GEJ's d*ck p*ssy doesn't count... She-diot!

No ma,
I dont think it is right to attribute the failure of a sector to improved accountability and transparency. .
HBD

Thunder Fire You madame

Be it Nigerians' call for Transparency or our call for accountability, dat one no concern me. All we want is a solution to all these fuel palaver. We don't want to hear the causes, what we want to hear is what you are doing to solve the problem.

You have the powers to resolve any frosty issues with oil marketers and trade unions. Pls do so and stop blaming us for asking for transparency and accountability.

This woman is just...................
A FEMALE RETARDEEN i.e A RETARDEENESS!

in summary if nigerians dont wont fuel scarcity, they should turn a blind eye to corruption and someone will say media is negative about pdp. can u defend this? oh maybe she was quoted out of context.

Judgement day shall come for sure......All these looters driving our seat of governance are so mean and heartless, but one day "bush-meat shall catch the hunter"

I dnt blame u coz no matter wat u do jonah boy no go sack u coz u r his ashawo

The minister is very right on her speech because the clean up of the industry (Transparency & Accountability) has slowed down the progress in the industry. I'm sure within the next few days there will b no more queues or scaecity

Nigeria will neva grow as far as pdp is in dat assholes rock and it seem other party ve made up their mind dat its either buhari or nobody so we re stock with two devil n the result ve shown nigerians feel retardeen is a lesser one

Kai... Kai... Kai... Kai... Kai... That D.A.M Woman... Lemme just hold my peace, before Seun bans me for profanity

Omo radarada..no be you and jonah they control the barrels of oil wey we dey produce..una go sell ur own seperate..com sell the rest

what exactly is mrs Madueke saying, dose it mean that corruption is the blood that flow in our vains, that demanding a transpirency in a sector will cost us our lives before we live, if not demanding transpirency how will it result to scarcity and a comand to stop complaining and suffer what we have…
All i have to say is who ever is not ready to serve our FATHER Land (Blessed Nigeria) wether by Election or Appointment should resign and mind he’s or her private Business… Ok!

The woman said d simple logical truth! Una dey there dey insult una mother!

You want them to close down capital oil deport with his 35 percent distribution capabilities and still expect fuel to be free available

Na spirit go import and distribute d products since only NNPC can't do it.

ypzilanti: 'Since you don't want us to pay hundreds of billions without verification to fraudulent marketers, we will show you all pepper...hope you all are still waiting in the fuel line, oh! we are verifying payments!'

Gbam!!

I'm willing to bet anything that this is exactly what she and her cronies are thinking. What pains me the most is Government's totally uncaring and unapologetic attitude.

This is a good way of telling Nigerians

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Pls who on earth does this woman think she is? Do we all have to sit and watch someone
make a jest of us? Do we need any prophet to tell us that today is dooms day? This is the height of it. This is not right! We must stand against u power for power! Gut for gut! Greatest nigerian youths....action!