Governors, especially four of the Southwest States’ governors who assumed governorship seats in Oyo, Ogun, Osun and Lagos States on the platform of All Progressives Congress ‎(APC) and the other two in Ondo and Ekiti States led by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are indifferent to president’s effort aimed at making fuel available to common men.

According to a report by BusinessDay across six Southwest States revealed governors and government officials are reluctant to support Federal Government policy of N86.50 per litre for pump price of petroleum at the service stations across the country since several owners of fuel depots and PMS marketers are their cronies, leaving consumers who voted for them to suffer.

From major cities such as Ikeja, Lagos Island, Ajah, Epe, Otta, Agbara, Ibadan, Abeokuta, Akure, Owo, Oyo, Osogbo, Ilesa, Ado-Ekiti ‎to remote towns and villages in all the six Southwest states, fuel is sold between N300 and N200 per litre at the weekend, giving unwanranted impetus and confidence to fuel black marketers to display the product along major roads at very exhorbitant prices, which in return, has skyrocketed transport fares and prices of goods and services.

A cross section of motorists and consumers who spoke with‎ BusinessDay in Osogbo, Abeokuta, Otta, Ibadan, Owo, Akure and Ado-Ekiti argued that the State governments in the region are indifferent to their plights as they allow greedy fuel marketers to fleece them of their hard-earned money in order to get the product, adding that even though President Buhari is aware of the sufferings Nigerians undergo in the hands of greedy marketers of prmium motor spirit (PMS).

Investigations also revealed that major marketers such as MRS, Forte Oil, Total, Mobil, Conoil, Oando and others that sell fuel at the official pump price of N86.50 ‎didn’t have PMS in their tanks, some service stations belonging to some major marketers that had the product either compromised with the black marketers and opened fuel nozzles at midnight or had touts collecting bribes from motorists before PMS was sold during the day.

Bolaji Gbadeyanka, a commercial driver who spoke with BusinessDay at Olaiya area of Osogbo in Osun State on Sunday said that “fuel black marketing is the order of the day in Osogbo and its environs, just as he declared that fuel price per litre whether from service stations’ pumps or black marketers went for N200 and N250 in Osogbo, the Osun State Capital and some remote rural areas.

Gbadeyanka, who attributed the bad situation to failure of Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State Government to monitor activities of oil marketers across the State and allowed poor people of Osun to be fleeced by greedy oil marketers, added that if nothing was done to cushion effect of bad economic situation and dubious action of geedy oil marketers as quick as possible, people might be pushed to the wall and things might go out of control.

In Akure, Ondo State ‎Capital and other cities, prices of fuel was between N200 and N300 and fuel black marketing activities were noticeable every where, giving an indication that no government officials monitored and enforced the official pump price of petroleum, just as commercial driver, Adewale Ojo, who shuttles between Akure and Owo, told our Correspondent that Governor Segun Mimiko had been busy with issues of PDP and coming elections in the State.

In Ekiti and Oyo States, cases of black marketing ‎and inflated prices of petroleum product were the same as many people were seen carrying varied sizes of gallons in search of petroleum for domestic usage, generators and vehicles fuelling since two major electricity distributors in the zone – Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) and Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) worsened the situation with a very poor supply of electricity, prompting endless search for PMS in the zone.

In Ogun State, Ministry of Commerce and Industry‎ was used to be proactive in the enforcement of the official pump price, but seemed to be helpless and irresponsive to the plights of suffering masses as oil marketers sold the product at different exorbitant prices which prompted many residents to doubt seriousness of Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led State government on its fight and passion for the masses that it seems to be saying every time.

But, Bimbo Ashiru, Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, who spoke on phone in Abeokuta with our Correspondent, declared that government had noticed dubious activities of these oil marketers who sell above the official pump price of N86.50, adding that government officials from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry would start enforcing sales of the product at official pump price from Monday (today).

He said, “we have noticed that, and I have directed my people to start monitoring and enforcing the sales of the product across the State on Monday ‎(today). They (marketers) must sell fuel at official pump price. Anybody that flouts the order will have himself to blame. ”

http://www.financialwatchngr.com/2016/04/03/some-state-governors-irresponsive-as-fuel-scarcity-bites-harder/

Where is the NLC & TUC,,,?
there is no light,fuel scarcity,market price of commodities skyrocketing,economy in comatose,salary being owed etc,,,& the NLC+ TUC are yet to come out to warn the apc govt.in power or even protest.
is it tht this present apc govt & pmb has settled the 2 warring NLC group tht they choose not to fight for the plight of the masses like they use to do under the previous govt of pdp.
something must be fishing somewhere between Apc gvt & the NLC..
Either they are romancing each other with tax payers money coz this apc govt can do anything to silent any opposition tht come their way,,,,

Gbadeyanka, who attributed the bad situation to failure of Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led Osun State Government

Dont even talk about this Governor that's a Specialist from the "Debt Department, Faculty of Borrowing".

But op I can't c d name of the so called Gov of niger state in your list y?

Misappropriated complaints...
Instead of blaming the minister of petroleum for their woes in tackling the fuel scarcity, you are here putting blames on oil marketers...

Is it the fault of oil marketers that they are owed subsidy revenues...?

Is it the fault of the oil marketers that there is shortage of forex to import fuels...?

Is it the fault of oil marketers that every of them must go to nnpc depot to get scarce fuel with all the hurdles??

No matter any intimidation from the governors which you pray for against the oil marketers it will never solve the problem rather expect more of fuel scarcity when the oil marketers decides to go on strike in your various sw states in reprisal..

You voted for change chains, isn't it?
Rubbish

You should include governor of Kwara state.
He owns filling station and sells exorbitantly like every other private marketer.

May be they have their reasons. But where is NLC nd TUC they used t be presure groups.

Nigeria is losing face to other foreign countries and all. All because of this backsliding attributes we are displaying

God take away these Buhari(sufferings) from us

Hiss
A yoruba proverb says people don't go into politics because of people the do so to serve themselves.

I queued for 11 hours yesterday at NNPC ikoyi.
Left home around 7am with the intension of meeting little queue only to find out that the queue extended from ikoyi club road to the road that has Forte Oil in Obalende. I bought fuel around 6:30pm.
I was annoyed and disappointed I wasnt able to get fuel inside jerry can aswell.
Theres even corruption on the fuel queue, where people bribe some certain individual to allow them jump queue.

Hard times!

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

Hmmm na wa even in my town no fillng station is selling

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Well I won't blame them....They aren't petroleum minister.
Even if they gotta do something, what do you want aregbesola with N6M for the month to do?

K

chaii I spite on all dose modefuckers that dnt giv a Bleep abt us

Ondo is the worst of it all.

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22 cars per convoy.

It really does not affect them so let their followers keep supporting and defending them.

Both the senior and junior ministers of petroleum are confused on fuel scarcity

I agree with you, but Ondo state is not APC state and backlog of salaries now 5months...... corruption didn't know party( APC/PDP)

Achuwa1:
Where is the NLC & TUC,,,?
there is no light,fuel scarcity,market price of commodities skyrocketing,economy in comatose,salary being owed etc,,,& the NLC+ TUC are yet to come out to warn the apc govt.in power or even protest.
is it tht this present apc govt & pmb has settled the 2 warring NLC group tht they choose not to fight for the plight of the masses like they use to do under the previous govt of pdp.
something must be fishing somewhere between Apc gvt & the NLC..
Either they are romancing each other with tax payers money coz this apc govt can do anything to silent any opposition tht come their way,,,,

Chai!!!!!!!!, this gathering called country is sometin else.

phemmie06:
Both the senior and junior ministers of petroleum are confused on fuel scarcity

Buarri and Kachukwu should swallow their pride and attend a crash course under Diezanni, the very GEJ minister everyone hated with passion.

Nigerians are passing through hard times now

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Is really bad

Ur face when the Nigerian economy has beaten you to a pulp.

Very stupid article. What do state govermors have to to with fuel scarcity.

Support whose efforts. . . . Buhari that is junketting across the globe??


Nigerians are very angry right now as the sufffering is now real. Very soon people would pick up stones and head to aso rock.