Federal Government Suspends Fuel Importation (Says LeadershipNigeria)

i have always said it that our succesors are always worse than our predessesors. mark what i say yar'ardua's govt will be worse than obj's govt.  this is simply not the right time to deregulate the down stream sector.

its not just lagos. . .there are queues in both niger state and abuja as well

^^^^^^Since a lot of people choose to just make noise without finding out facts, i will state what i found out from a few searches on the net.
The ban on imports is temporary. It is to help the transitioning phase. They don't want the oil majors to just hold people at ransome without any starting field. Currently the NNPC has imported and stored more than enough for 40 days. I believe they will sell to marketers who will in turn sell to consumers at different rates based on their operating costs (transport and blah blah). After this, the floor will be opened whereby they can import and sell directly.

What exactly can yaradua point out to have done to better the lives of the citizens,,you pay for virtually everything even to survive.,despite the billions of dollars in our treasury & trillions of dollars in the hands of corrupt politicians,they still want to collect the little money a poor man has,,what a country!

You make me feel bad I wish I was born somewhere else, 

Nigerians, is the pricing of fuel the issue here or the fact that our sick country is one of the major Oil and Gas Producer, yet we cannot account from the total production. where do all the crude go to? (Big Q), why cant our refinary meet our local demands?, why cant the major Oil and Gas companies build Refinaries to meet our home demand,
Its high time we wake up and face the truth.
We need a change of vision, and to get to that level, the present crop of our Leadership needs to be ex-communicated from power,

God Help Us,

i keep asking my self what do these people want?
what are they doing with all the money they have stolen?
what have we done to them ?
why cant they think of what to do to us to make things better

when 2 elephants fight the grass suffers.

The sins of nigeria is catching up with it. we had refineries we ran it to the ground because of the theiving technocrats that handled the refineries. We have never made money on the Refining of Crude, governmnet has always lost money, The money meant for the poor.

I say deregulate Fuel so that the refineries will come. If it was that easy to refine fuel why isnt it the state governments refining crude.  We will suffer but it is better to suffer now than to suffer for a long time.

The fact is not just Deregulation there must be massive price increase.

I KNOW SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT AGREE WITH ME BUT THAT IS FINE.

THE PRICE OF FUEL IS WHAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE CRUDE IN THE ND.
WHAT WOULD BRING REFINERIES IS PRICE NOT THE NAME NIGERIA


YOU CAN SELL YOUR CRUDE OIL FOR 1 BILLION  DOLLAR NOT UNTILL YOU GET IT INTO FUEL SORRY YOUR CAR WONT WORK
IF I TOLD YOU THAT I MADE THE FUEL FOR 2 BILLION DOLLARS YOU MUST BUY BECAUSE YOU DONT HAVE A REFINERY.

its so sad. really dot know wot to say anymore. thought that with OBJ out of Aso Rock things were going to get better.well, he is still in power, just that he is ruling the country by using his puppet. GOD SAVE NIGERIA.

That earlier contributor forgot to add that even if two elephants make love, the ground still suffers. I am still yet to make a final decision on the righteousness of the policy but i am certain that Livi Ajuonuma's blood MUST redden the earth first! The time has come

its really,really painful and terrible that nigeria can still be in such a ugly situation.i can't imagine that a litre of fuel a basic commodity everyone needs is used as a tool by this wicked and evil yaradua and pdp administration to inflict pain and anguish to everybody. not so long we celebrated the 49 years of uninterrupted shame of a nation and we are still wallowing in rubbish. nigerians are suffering.please pdp don't bond back 2011!

they are only racheting up their devious plans to cause acute fuel shortage going into xmas.

^^ I wonder . .  . .

we have been hearing of 'deregulation' since shagari's time. when will the govt start telling us the truth?

By Definition,Deregulalaton means a situation whereby the down stream sector of Oil and Gas is DEstroyed,Demolished,Devaluated with the sole aim of enriching the wealthy curruptible leaders and increasing the suffering of the Masses, ANY OBJECTION TO THIS DEFINITION??

Dude,  are you a Comrade!  since the sordid/stagnant days of Pascal Bafyau (Former Labor President) , Labor Unionism is the equivalent of educated rapscallions who have very little in terms of proactiveness/awareness and are very heavy on organized riots (which they see as a protest).

They sit there (Oshiomole inclusive) and wait for the FG to decide what they want to do with the economy then they jump out of their sleep like mad men who heard Fire! Fire! Fire! and suddenly become the heroes of the masses. The formula is simple and most Nigerians now know. NLC is in tow with the Opposition be it FG or Private Sector. They simply agree on the outcome of people-unfriendly policies and then come out to shout so FG backs down to the agreed  terms and masses go Phew!!! that was close was it not? Bastards they are. they are the salty ingredient to this failing democracy.

How did they not know what the Government's plans were, are they not in this same Nigeria, do they not study various sectors and take notes on how much impact government policies can have on Labour. they are just a bunch of slightly educated rascals.