Profiteering In Nigeria: What Is Your Opinion?

The recent fuel scarcity has further exposed the wicked attitudes of most Nigerians especially service providers, traders amongst others. The have shown to us that being in business is mainly for profit making and have taken this to the extreme thereby making themselves profiteers.
Profiteering is a word of contempt. A profiteer is someone who makes profit out of the difficulties of his countrymen. He takes advantage of the needs of his fellow human beings and makes them pay higher prices for his goods and services thereby reaping gold harvest. This situation is often made worse in a country such as ours where there are no price control agencies.
Profiteering is considered unpatriotic and even inhuman. From a rational point of view, it brings about a general breakdown in the life of the people. Unlike a situation where government do control or stop profiteering, ours is more or less abetting this evil.
What do you think of this problem and why are fellow Nigerians are so greedy.
What is the responsibility of government in a system that is deeply involve in profiteering;
And the way forward? please nairalanders, SPEAK your mind.