Despite assurances by the Federal Government to end the
lingering fuel crisis yesterday, the scarcity of the commodity
persisted across the country, as petrol continues to sell at
N150 and above per litre depending on the part of the country.

It will be recalled that Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, who doubles as the
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC, and Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources, had a couple of days ago, promised Nigerians to
end the harsh reality and agony of fuel scarcity on April 7.
This is the second time Kachikwu has promised to end the
scarcity that began late February. Initially, he said it would go
away in 48 hours, after which he recanted and said he was not
trained as a magician, and gave a May deadline.
Saturday Vanguard gathered that across the country, the fuel
agony is far from abating, as the price of the product
continues to rise above the regulated price of N86.50 to N120
and N150 per litre.
Saturday Vanguard also learned that while customers decry
increasing queues at filling stations across Lagos, the case
was different at Badagry, on the outskirts of the state, as
report indicated availability of the product which was
dispensed at N200 per litre to customers.
Speaking to Saturday Vanguard, a motorist at Agbara, Mr. Jide
Aladejo said, “The fuel scarcity currently witnessed across the
country is quite terrible. For us on this axis, we have conceded
to fate as the regulators have totally given marketers the
licence to regulate, otherwise these spates of irregularities
would not be the case.”
The situation is not different nationwide. In Enugu State,
Saturday Vanguard gathered that fuel sells at N300 per litre
across the filling stations in the state, forcing motorists to
abandon their vehicles for commuter buses.
The situation has engendered a rise in the cost of goods and
services to over 200 per cent marginal increase.
From Kaduna State came the report that fuel now sells for
between N200 and N250 per litre in the black market, as
record fuel queues hit the state.
Residents of the state yesterday said there was no time that
the state has ever witnessed such fuel crisis, not even back in
the military era.
Some motorists who spoke to Saturday Vanguard said that
they spent days waiting for their turns to get fuel at the few
filling stations dispensing fuel.
The streets of Kaduna are devoid of the regular vehicular
traffic with thousands of passengers scrambling for the few
available commercial vehicles, whose prices have risen by
over 150 per cent.
In Abuja, the fuel situation is biting harder. As at yesterday,
the situation had not abated, rather the queues had grown
longer at the few filling stations that were selling.
In Oyo State, the fuel scarcity clearly has risen from bad to
worse, Saturday Vanguard learned.
Independent marketers now sell between N200 and N290 per
litre.
Despite the outrageous price, thousands of motorists and
workers struggle at filling stations in Ibadan, Oyo, Saki,
Sepeteri, Iseyin, Ogbomoso and many other cities in the state
to buy the products.
Most people have abandoned their vehicles on queues at
filling stations especially the few major marketers which sell at
the approved pump fuel price of N86.00.
Queues in some filling stations stretch as far as one and half
kilometres.
Several workers have resorted to trekking long distances to
their places of work.
Meanwhile, in a bid to curtail the excesses of filling
station operators, who are believed to hoard the few available
fuel and sell in the black market, the Department of Petroleum
Resources, Kogi State has revoked the license of one of the
filling stations in the state while sealing-off two others for
shady deals.
The DPR State Controller, Lokoja Field Office, Mr Amos
Jokodola who disclosed this yesterday warned owners of
filling stations to desist from selling PMS above the
government regulated price or they would have their stations
sealed.
Jokodola who gave the warning while inspecting filling stations
in Lokoja to assess the level of compliance in the area of
price and accurate pump dispensing of the petrol to
consumers, lamented that the two stations sealed, A.G Nasa
(Nig.) Limited and MSS Budun, erred for selling above the
pump price and under dispensing.
However, marketers have assured Nigerians of speedy end of
the country’s current fuel scarcity.
A marketer who spoke to Saturday Vanguard in Lagos, on
condition of anonymity, said, “The government have pleaded
with us to bring out our trucks to fast-track the distribution of
PMS across the country, and that we have done. We were told
that payment would be made under Petroleum Equalisation
Fund, PEF but we were not given specifics on when to receive
payment.
“On the contrary, we wonder why they keep blaming marketers.
Why not blame NNPC and the majors? We don’t have access
to FOREX for importation. The truth is that no marketer is
working against the Nigerian government or against Nigerians,
to prolong the suffering of the people.
“If you don’t pay your bank, they cannot do any transaction
with you. We are here to do business and not sabotage the
government. The debt is affecting our credit rating all over the
world and the government needs to pay off those debts.”

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Boohary gat no solution to nigerian problem the only thing he knows is to go about in circus

The guy said may..but you people shouted and he said what you wanted to hear..well the truth is bitter!!!

d cargoes just arrive since on d 7th making ibe to meet d deadline, and d price has gone done from 250 to 150, in d next few days d price wil come down to 86 naira. God bless pmb

Omo, as the country dey go so, na trekking be the surest mode of transportation.

Who still believe in this Useless Government.

Changy

This is a govt that disappointed itself

Wat ever comes out frm dere mouth doesn't bother me,cos I know dere promises won't come to pass

Maybe to d gullible ones it will

FG only failed in its set deadline of fuel availability by 7th April?

You think they only fail in that?

What about employment for youths, poverty alleviation, stable power supply, human right record, insecurity?

Bros....they failed everywhere...

fuadnero:
Omo, as the country dey go so, na trekking be the surest mode of transportation.

Bros, they will soon come up with cabs like : donkeys, camels and if we are lucky, horses

And tell us they are supplying those because they feel our pains...

I bought at #270 / L from a filling station yesterday.


APC WHY?

You dey mind those congregation of liars.

Governnent of illiteracy and NEPA bill certificate.

no fuel, no light. we have been in total darkness since last 2 weeks. my food wey i put inside fridge don spoil finish upon food scarcity dat has been made worse by fulani terrorist killing farmers all ova d zoo. yet d dullard has d audacity to say agriculture is his priority with fulani herdsmen destrying farmlands, lives n property ova d place
d gwafment of buari dullard should be enlisted into d guiness book of world records as d most worthless govt on earth.

Buhari's fools are not affected. They are buying fuel at 86 naira per liter

What in Obatala's name is intrinsically wrong with Naija?