Source: Eagleee contributor

The usual blame game is flying around. While some blame a purported plan by the government to hike price as the cause, others blame the NNPC for undersupplying to the depots. The failure of the country to fashion out a workable and sustainable framework for fuel manufacturing rather than importation is at the root of fuel scarcity. It is a systemic failure of unimaginable proportion.

For me, the blame game is meaningless. The reason why an end to the fuel scarcity is not in sight is that Nigeria is not producing petrol that can service domestic need. Virtually everything is imported. The only three refineries in the country are obsolete and out dated. The only solution to the fuel scarcity syndrome is to build modern refineries to produce fuel locally and stop importation.

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