....Petrol sells for N250 per litre in Lagos, Ogun

....NNPC: We’ll end scarcity this weekend

A fuel crisis-free Christmas is now uncertain in Nigeria, New Telegraph can authoritatively report.This is because more filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states yesterday ‘ran dry’ of the product, four days to the festive period. The crisis, a survey by this newspaper showed, led to the return of black marketers, who have practically taken over sales of petrol from filling stations in major parts of the states.

The tanker drivers, who also were not certain of crisis-free Yuletide, also frowned at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) monopoly on fuel importation, calling on government to encourage marketers to complement the corporation’s efforts.

While marketers, including those on the franchise of the NNPC, shut their gates against motorists, the black marketers freely sold the product for N250 per litre. At the NNPC station at Adura bus stop, along Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway, the attendants gave preference to the black marketers, who besieged the stations in tens of 50-litre kegs, above the motorists who were on long queues.

Many filling stations on the stretch of the expressway, whose gates were shut when this newspaper visited, told our reporter that they had no fuel in their tanks. Some of the marketers, that were dispensing, gave preference to customers with kegs while others like the NNPC at Adura bus stop has, according to observation by New Telegraph, adjusted it pump for profit sake.

The same situation was observed at the NNPC UTurn on the same expressway before gun-wielding police officers and some soldiers chased the black marketers and motorcycle riders out of the station’s premises. “I am so tired of this country,” a septuagenarian taxi driver, who simply identified himself as Mr. Lamidi lamented. Lamidi had stayed on the queue for seven hours. He queried the reason Nigerians must be subjected to unnecessary anguish anytime Yuletide is approaching.

“This is the third filling station that the search for petrol has taken me to in the last 24 hours. I have queued up for seven hours and when it was three vehicles before me, they said they would not sell the fuel again. I feel like dying; I have lost hope,” he added. While Conoil along the Yaya Abatan road in Ogba told New Telegraph reporter who had gone to buy fuel that they have ran dry of the product, attendants at the station, on pretence of trying to render help, asked our correspondent to bring N4,000 for 10 litres of the product.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said fuel queues would disappear by this weekend. The corporation blamed the current scarcity on marketers, saying that part of the problem was the rumours about purported planned increase in the pump price of petrol. NNPC stated that some marketers, in their quest to cash in on the situation, suddenly started hoarding products. “But we swiftly swung into action by doubling our supply nationwide. At the time the rumour started, we had about 30-day sufficiency.

“The normal daily supply to the nation is 700 trucks, equalling about 27- 30 million litres per day,” Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, the spokesperson of the corporation said in a statement yesterday. He assured Nigerians that the corporation had doubled its daily supply of petrol from daily 700 trucks (about 27 million – 30 million litres per day supply) to 80 million litres since the current hiccup in the supply chain was noticed a few days back.

Assuring that the fuel situation would fizzle out this week, Baru warned marketers against hoarding, stressing that any filling station found wanting in this regard would lose its entire products to motorists. According to Ughamadu, there has been an increase in the number of incoming trucks of petrol into the FCT to curb the queues in the city.

He said the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, had met with the heads of Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and Petrol Tanker Drivers (PTD) to nip the problem in the bud, adding that a nation that consumed 35 million litres suddenly increased consumption to 85 million litres due to diversion to neighbouring countries.

“He said Lagos should be maintained at 300 trucks, but the actual figure coming into Abuja should be increased by 150. “Port Harcourt refinery has also increased refining and so by tomorrow (Friday) queues should normalise and by weekend, it would have disappeared,” Ughamadu said.

https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/12/black-marketers-take-filling-stations-run-dry-fuel/

Even with the removal of subsidy, fuel is still scarce

Which way naija. Because of the actions of a few greedy persons, Nigerians are now suffering untold hardship. There is no electricity and now there is equally no fuel, how the fu^ck do they want us to survive. I'm just so tired of this country, nothing seems to work here anymore. No hope for naija.

And d hopeless govt had been busy claiming there was no scarcity and marketors were only hoarding products... D ediots kip playing on d sensibilities of Nigerians while zombies kip playing d "its artificial scarcity" card.. Since dey claim there's no scarcity and it's artificial, why are their monitoring units not patrolling and sealing up stations? There's no scarcity but yet there's no fuel anywhere and d few who have sell at their own prices. Let d govt com out to tell Nigerians d truth.. Marketers are refusing to lift products becos of cost differential but d stupid govt won't admit it.. There had been rumours about it for months before d eventual scarcity hit but d devilish govt kept playing politics and propaganda

Same old story.
Which way Naija?

So who is drinking the 80 million litres of petrol

as usual na...na now nepa no go come bring light

while on transit yesterday, I bought fuel for #300 (black market) and #220 from petrol station.

there is fuel in the country, filling stations are being greedy and waiting for prices to peak, some sell to Black marketers dead in the night when people sleep.

nobody cares, every body just wants awuf money

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Just imagine what Buhari and his satanic party turned Nigeria into. the problem is even that people are too hungry to wail sef.
come 2019, we are sending that burukutu sipping dullard ignoramus back to daura peacefully with our PVCs.

One chance government

we are enjoying what we want. PMB for pressy in 2019. let the change continue.

Haba! Naija...... Which way forward now......?

A round of applause for Buhari, our able petroleum minister.

Buhari till 2030!

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Where do black marketers get fuel from?

I saw HELL with my both eyes when I was coming back from work yesterday...didn’t see any vehicle to my house for hours and I ask myself this question...IF NIGERIA IS AS HARD AS THIS, THEN HOW WILL HELL LOOK LIKE....���GOD HELP US, we done enter 1 chance

And NNPC iz busy talking trash....mtchhwwww
Abeg Who iz d minister ov petroleum again sef i don 4get.....

All those Buhari diehard supporters have all gone dumb on this current issue.

I still keep wondering what Buhari would be saying to the masses and his supporters during his campaigns as regards why he should be reelected for a second tenure.

I also hope this time, he will be bold enough to agree to feature in electoral debates before the election...

But unfortunately, like someone said, Buhari is like a religion to some people. They are just like cultists, u dare not speak negatively of him no matter what.

ok oo

This scarcity might be a plan of the Buhari Administration to punish the Christian faithfuls of this country who usually travel at this time of the year to celebrate with family and friends due to his hatred of Christians. This is a very plausible explanation. The Buhari adminstration cannot deny hating the Christian population of Nigeria. That is now beyond doubt. We christians are in alot of problems and we dont even know it. Whenever i see E.A.Adeboye preaching, i cant help but turn off the T.V knowing he helped foist an islamic Jihadist on the Christian population of Nigeria. He miscalculated and thought osinbajo will somehow end up as the President of Nigeria. I have got news for all redeemers {RCCG}: Osinbajo is a mere puppet put there just for the optics so that the north can continue their islamisation agenda and he will never be President of Nigeria.

A law Professor, pastor and gentle man per excellence was used to deceive millions of Nigerian christians to vote an islamic fundamentalist into power. What a pity!

We christians are in for it in Nigeria and we have to wriggle ourself out of the hole we have dug ourselves into.

I was on reddit {an American site} yesternight and foreigners grouped Nigeria amongst several repressive and authoritarian islamic countries where terrorism reigns and i cried within me. My children will never be born in Nigeria. I will use all my intellect and blood to make sure of that. God help me.

Merry Christmas to all.

There is Fuel but Marketers are hoarding it. We the Citizens are the problem of the country. Everybody wants to profit at the slightest opportunity.

It's unfortunate a country blessed with resources like Nigeria can't boast of 2 working refineries when we know we can't do without petrol. This is hell on it's own

in lekki na 300

Different insults were hurled at Jonathan during his reign, yet there was no fuel scarcity during festive seasons throughout his reign. People like Omojuwa follow put us for this mess.

Sai Baba. FeBuhari. March for Baba. Everything baba.

Now that the maggot from Daura is in charge what has changed for the better?

I wish nothing but misery, ruin, destruction, and death upon all the bastards, young and old, that railed against Jonathan and supported this Fulani maggot in 2015. There is no room for forgiveness or repentance. If you supported him and cursed Jonathan out of power and now regret your action, it doesn't matter. You must pay for that mortal sin. Whether you supported that pig called Buhari then or now, misery and death will be your portion. Bloody fools.

Money is not flowing like before, yet inflation is rising faster than ever before, fuel is more costly than ever before and yet more scarce than ever before, no new projects, quality of life is at an all time low, yet people are not on the streets calling for Buhari's head? What kind of useless country is this?

martineverest:
Where do black marketers get fuel from?

From he Filling stations. The useless attendants will rather sell to them because those ones will pay them as high as 200naira per litre, but they will tell motorist that there is no fuel.

No one is surprised