The Federal Government has said it is keenly aware of the difficulties that Nigerians are currently facing over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor power supply, and that it is working round the clock to provide the relief for the citizenry. ”As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the people, we cannot but feel the pains of our compatriots, and we deeply empathise with them,” the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said in Abuja on Wednesday. ”Our message to our compatriots is that this Administration, under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, is working round the clock to ease the pains of Nigerians, and that very soon, the efforts of the government will begin to yield fruits for the benefit of Nigerians,” he said during a visit to the corporate headquarters of Daily Trust newspaper, as part of his tour of media establishments in the country. Alhaji Mohammed said the Government is aware that Nigerians have started questioning the genuiness of its Change Agenda, adding: ”We understand the skepticism of Nigerians in questioning whether this indeed is the change they voted for. I can tell Nigerians that our Change Agenda is real, and that indeed Nigerians will get the change they voted for.” On the fuel situation, the Minister said immediate measures are being taken to end the scarcity while medium and long term solutions are being worked out to prevent a recurrence. ”Petroleum supply and distribution have been ramped up across the country by the NNPC to ensure product availability in the country, but repeated trips to filling stations and the backlog are making it impossible to immediate feel the impact ”Monitoring has also been intensified to ensure full compliance with approved prices. Violations of approved prices and hoarding of petroleum products attract severe penalties, including ‎giving out of petroleum products free to the public, sealing off of fuel stations found to be hoarding petroleum products, payment of fine as well as withdrawal of Marketer’s License,” he said. Alhaji Mohammed said that in the medium term, the supply constraints due to foreign exchange challenges are being resolved through collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria on innovative ways of closing the gaps in accessing foreign exchange. He also announced the willingness of the International Upstream Oil Companies to support major oil marketing companies with some of the required foreign exchange, thus complementing the efforts of the NNPC which has been solely importing the refined products, in addition to the fact that the Corporation is pursuing an improved model for ‘crude oil for refined product’ exchange to eliminate inefficiencies. ”The ultimate is to ensure self sufficiency in refined products supply by ramping up our local Refining capacity. All local Refineries will be made to run at a minimum 70% capacity utilization in the weeks ahead. This is in addition to the initiative of increasing the combined capacity of the domestic refineries through co-locating smaller but cost efficient modular refineries within the existing refineries premises,” the Minister said. On the power situation, which he blamed largely on lack of gas supply to the power generating stations, he said the NNPC is seeking alternative sources of gas supply after the attack on the Forcados Export Pipeline forced the cut off of gas supplies to the stations. Alhaji Mohammed said even the gas supply that was cut off following the attacks on the Forcados Pipeline would soon be restored as Shell, the operators of the pipeline, has awarded the contract to repair it. In addition, he said, work is nearing completion on the transmission projects in five states in the South-East and South-South that will ensure that the power stations in those regions are able to work at full capacity, thus adding another 800MW to the national grid. ”While we give no excuses for the challenges currently being faced by Nigerians, because they voted for us specifically to address those challenges, we appeal to them to bear with us as we strive to provide the much-needed relief in the days ahead,” the Minister said.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/fg-working-hard-relieve-nigerians-pains/

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Really, the FG should look into this fuel issue for the masses sake.

With each passing day the fuel situation persists Buhari , his family and cronies become richer.


It is no secret that oil importers have been asked to source for forex outside the CBN and it is also no news that Buhari has awarded import contracts on behalf of the NNPC to his affiliates which will easily secure forex from the same CBN.


What we are experiencing today happened during Abacha era where Abacha and his family members and cronies where given juicy contracts to import PMS into Nigeria.


This fuel scarcity won't go until 3mths to the 2019 election and after which it will persist for the next 4 yrs or even 8yrs or more since Buhari will seek for tenure elongation after subverting the electoral process in 2019 to remain in power.

Who is FG? Is it a man's name? Then that must be the man that has been deceiving us for some months now.

I hope you don't mean the opposite? Coz when source of information is from you even my supervisor usually ask for another source

hope uncle Lai won't deny saying this?

hmm..

Work harder

Oga Lai Good Morning Oh.

Long Stories from the Scam called Change

We the positive souls believe in you my President, we know how so bad the foundation has been destroyed prior now. Keep working Sir. May God continue to strengthens you now and always.

If you change agenda is REAL the people would feel it. You think everyone in Nigeria are fools? APC and Buhari destiny is to collapse Nigeria and turn Nigerians into refugees in their own fathers land.

The liar is here again.

Working hard like budget padding that has led to the budget not passed and assented to in April?

Working hard with electricity supply getting poorer and more epileptic by the day?

Working hard with Nigerians buying PMS at over double of the regulated price?

Working hard with INEC further bastardised, corrupt and inefficient as the day goes by since you guys assumed office?

Working hard with the value of Naira weakening and lowering by the seconds?

Working hard with our economy nose-diving?

Working hard with multinationals and other companies and institutions laying off workers in drones?

Working hard with Nigeria's fulani herdsmen emerging as one of the most gruesome terrorist bloc in the world?

Working hard with the CBN and many other Govt. offices (we are yet to know of) completely negating Federal Character Principle and engaging children, relatives and acquaintances of the APC bigwigs (while even other more qualified APC youths and supporters are busy chanting change on Nairaland)?

Working hard with our president globe-trotting despite numerous challenges in his face, (ever seen a man running after rats while his house is on fire)?

Where is it working hard, @Lai Mohammed?

Oh, I get, by you maning the media regularly to deceive us; lest we forget, your ministry has one of the highest budgetary provisions for the deceit work to be fortified and taken to the next level.

Don't forget, you can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people, all the time!

We know the FG is. They should simply move faster because too many Nigerians are growing a lot more impatient with each passing day.

First thing in the morning, the children of anger and bitterness have already started spitting their bile all over the place like an angry snake crawling on its belly hissing frantically.

Just look how miserable they sound.

I am tired of reading this man speech. Always giving promises but has been fulfilled

Progressive01:
We know the FG is. They should simply move faster because too many Nigerians are growing a lot more impatient with each passing day.

First thing in the morning, the children of anger and bitterness have already started spitting their bile all over the place like an angry snake crawling on its belly hissing frantically.

Just look how miserable they sound.

suffering and smiling. The lot of your generation even to the 5th as you guys *progress the PMB way*

Would he have said otherwise? He is doing his job well. But, remember , Nigerians are not fools.

If only Lai and his propaganda government can be sincere for once.

Why not totally deregulate the downstream sector? NNPC cannot import PMS in enough quantities to serve the entire country. At least not now.

FG is creating this scarcity and Kachiukwu totally understands. The body language repairs of the Refineries does not last more than the lifespan of the propaganda and does not add PMS into the system.

Total deregulation with NNPC importing as the National player will drive down the price. It will take time but the prices will surely fall.

Buhari does not want the proponents of OccupyNigeria to be against him. They are the few importers that have access to Buhari's forex.

Total deregulation implies source your forex, import and sell at any price you like. We can the queue in NNPC if we want government pms which will be at reduced price. A lot of people will enter the business and spoil market for the privileged few.

The party in power does not like a fair and open playing ground for business. Quote me anywhere

Nobody believes lai

Uncle tell us more story!

BishopMagic:
With each passing day the fuel situation persists Buhari , his family and cronies become richer.


It is no secret that oil importers have been asked to source for forex outside the CBN and it is also no news that Buhari has awarded import contracts on behalf of the NNPC to his affiliates which will easily secure forex from the same CBN.


What we are experiencing today happened during Abacha era where Abacha and his family members and cronies where given juicy contracts to import PMS into Nigeria.


This fuel scarcity won't go until 3mths to the 2019 election and after which it will persist for the next 4 yrs or even 8yrs or more since Buhari will seek for tenure elongation after subverting the electoral process in 2019 to remain in power.

Please don't. Be hard on yourself and save some stress.Get. a rope and do the needful.All these things are bound to happen.

omogin:
Nobody believes lai

Non consequential and irrelevant people are those who don't believe him.You are right.

disloman:
Non consequential and irrelevant people are those who don't believe him.You are right.

When your Aisha rice finish you will come back to your normal temperature.

People that came on with a different agenda talking of the masses.What APC's policy or agenda have ever been in favour of the
masses since they came on board? To worsen matter,this same chronic liar will soon insult our sensibility by turning around to denied he never said this.

disloman:
Non consequential and irrelevant people are those who don't believe him.You are right.

So you do believe in this pathologic liar?

naijaboy756:
suffering and smiling. The lot of your generation even to the 5th as you guys *progress the PMB way*

Don't mind that disgrace of a thing. His benue is getting massacred and he's chanting sai baba. Disgusting animal.

Paperwhite:
So you do believe in this pathologic liar?

why won't I?

wailing Buffoon's, una good morning oo

Paperwhite:
People that came on with a different agenda talking of the masses.What APC's policy or agenda have ever been in favour of the
masses since they came on board? To worsen matter,this same chronic liar will soon insult our sensibility by turning around to denied he never said this.

Their agenda is to loot our commonwealth and share jobs amongst their generations as if Nigeria na their papa property.

omogin:

When your Aisha rice finish you will come back to your normal temperature.

Lolzzzzzzzz.Aisha's rice is the best.Thanks.

I'm losing hope now......


Why didn't another person say it?

Please let another person say it...