By Dele Ogbodo
In what appears to be defying measures both in the short and long runs put in place by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources
and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the fuel scarcity which crippled economic activities year end has resurfaced in Abuja with the attendant long queues in different parts of the city centre and outskirts.
Sharpedgenews online investigation and checks across the major filling stations revealed evident of crises as the stations have not been supplied enough of the motor spirit within the week.
While Commuters are finding it difficult to pay the high fares to move around town for their daily chores, transports are heaping blame on federal government for not putting in place necessary machinery and mechanism to solve the intractible fuel scarcity which has persisted in the last months of December 2017 and January this year.
While expressing their anger to our Correspondent on Saturday, Mrs. Asabe Jimoh and several others who could not afford the increased charges to get to Utako from Zuba, vent their angers on federal government for their shortcomings in the supply.
While also blaming government for not being proactive in the sector, an NNPC fuel station manager who craved for anonymity said: “We had expected that the various measures and meetings between the National Assembly have not yielded positive result. It was just yesterday night that we got supply since 14 days back.”
Meanwhile, in major streets across Abuja, women and young boys are trafficking and busy making quick and easy money selling in 10 litre kegs for between N2,500 to N3,000, which would have been less than N1500 at the current pump price of N145 per litre.
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