Fuel scarcity persists in Abuja despite FG’s order




The queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, persisted on Sunday in Abuja and some states despite the order by the Federal Government to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources , Ibe Kachikwu , to end the scarcity.



The Federal Executive Council , at its meeting last Wednesday , directed the minister to ensure that the fuel scarcity being witnessed across the country did not extend beyond last Saturday .



But right in front of the corporate headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Abuja were queues of motorists struggling to buy petrol from the two filling stations, Conoil and Total , facing the FMPR and the NNPC .



Our correspondent also observed that many filling stations, particularly those operated by independent petroleum marketers , did not dispense petrol, while the few that sold the PMS had queues .



After the FEC meeting on Wednesday presided over by Vice - President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja , the Minister of Information and Culture , Lai Mohammed, made the government ’s position on the fresh fuel scarcity known to journalists .



He had said , “ The council gave him (Kachikwu ) a matching order that this fuel scarcity should not last beyond this weekend and they are going to work very hard to ensure that it is curtailed . He (Kachikwu ) assured the council that there was actually no cause for alarm .”



The NNPC on several occasions had stated that it had enough petroleum products to keep the country wet for the end - of- year movements and other uses.



Kachikwu announced on Thursday that supply issues prompted the scarcity, but assured Nigerians that the matter would be resolved as soon as possible .



Despite the many assurances from the ministry and the NNPC , the scarcity persisted on Saturday and Sunday in Abuja and neighbouring states as some petrol stations on the Abuja - Keffi road in Nasarawa State sold the PMS for as high as N 200 per litre.



However , officials at both the FMPR and the NNPC insisted that the two organisations were working hard to clear the queues .



Meanwhile , two civil - society organisations , the Campaign for Democracy and the Centre for Anti -Corruption and Open Leadership, have called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the biting fuel scarcity.



The CD President , Usman Abdul , said , “ The government needs to sit and address this problem holistically. What we are seeing as citizens of this country is beyond our imagination. The issue of this scarcity is the handiwork of a few elements in the system who want to benefit from our misery.”



Also , the CACOL Director , Debo Adeniran, said , “ This scarcity is more like a self -serving venture for some private marketers . It is unfair . If fuel is available for them to lift and supply is unimpeded , why do we have this scarcity?”


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so now that there is fuel scarcity, the useless administration now remembers that Kachikwu is acting on behalf of pmb who is the substantive minister of petroleum right?


when Kachikwu was complaining of the contract fraud, some nitwits said Kachikwu is a redundant minister because pmb is the substantive minister...


so why is the redundant minister now getting matching orders to resolve the fuel crisis?


when it comes to signing dubious billion dollar contracts, pmb is the minister, when it comes to taking responsibility for failure, Kachikwu is in charge...


waiting for nitwits to start their s!lly excuses...

Nigerians should just brace up for price increase because despite all lies this lying govt is spewing fuel prices will definitely go up after the holidays

do they have order? and if they have, who is ordering who?

SalamRushdie:
Nigerians should just brace up for price increase because despite all lies this lying govt is spewing fuel prices will definitely go up after the holidays

the price has already increased.


what the administration is doing is to ensure that key cities like Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, PH etc, still sell at N145, then it makes noise that fuel is still at the fixed price...


but other cities sell between N150-N200 p/l... that is when its even available...

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Which order? By a yeye government?

The FG should deregulate PMS price once and for all. That act would eliminate corruption in that sector

Munu people, once its Christian festive period there will be fuel scarcity, they know what they're doing just for the transport fare to east to increase.

Because people will start travelling this weekend and next week

Nigerians are the problem of themselves. The seasonal scarcity of fuel was created by Nigerians(marketers) to serve their greedy and selfish demands at the expense of impoverishing the masses to make unprecedented wealth this yuletide. Federal Government should regulate the activities of these marketers to ensure that regulated prices are strictly adhered to. But they failed in their regulatory responsibility because of corruption.

really

This APC FG can not enforce her orders

Thank God for the petrol scarcity.
Let more people suffer in Nigeria since they don't want to start a revolution.

malware:
I goto the black market whenever my car runs short of fuel. Can't spend hours at filling station, when there's fuel everywhere on the street.

Black market knocked my engine in 2014. i spent 400k fixing it and later sold the car.

i rather queue for 5 hours than buy black market. those boys mix anything for maximum profit

Where is this country going to

crackerspub:
APC Scam promises

Real scam by barawo bubu and the 40 thieves cabal of the All Poverty Congress, APC


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Built2last:


Black market knocked my engine in 2014. i spent 400k fixing it and later sold the car.

i rather queue for 5 hours than buy black market. those boys mix anything for maximum profit

really

It's not fair what these people are doing, no matter how hard they try they won't bring Buhari's government down

Okay

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Thank God for the petrol scarcity.
Let more people suffer in Nigeria since they don't want to start a revolution.[ quote] av made any effort?

ok


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WE IN LAGOS HAD A FEW CASES OF SCARCITY LAST WEEK BUT IT HAS BEEN STABLE SINCE FRIDAY, WAS ALREADY SCARED BUT THANK GOD ITS BEEN EASY.

God pls help Nigeria

HtwoOw:
It's not fair what these people are doing, no matter how hard they try they won't bring Buhari's government down

Are you saying this because YOU know that was how barawo bubu and his 40 thieves cabal of All Poverty Congress, APC brought Jonathan administration down so as to turn the prosperity of the biggest economy in Africa into recession


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I tire for this country.

An oil producing/rich country that has fuel scarcity! So what is right there under our feet, we can not simply process it, to meet our own domestic need, not even exporting it.

What is wrong with our brains?

Very long queues

malware:
I goto the black market whenever my car runs short of fuel. Can't spend hours at filling station, when there's fuel everywhere on the street.

I hope when they finally sell you something that damages yiur car permanently you wont cry foul oo