-Only few petrol stations now sell the product in Lagos and Ogun states
-While petrol is sold for N86 per litre at available stations in Lagos, in Ogun state, the standard price is N150 per litre
– fuel hawkers in Lagos sell between N200- N300 per litre
Nigerians queuing to get fuel at a filling station
In what could be described as April fool, the briefly disappeared petrol queues in Lagos and Ogun are back with full force Naij.com can report.
Recall that minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had said petrol queues would clear in Abuja and Lagos by April 6 or 7, adding that the scarcity would subside in other parts of the country, including Kano, Katsina, Port Harcourt and Warri, by that weekend.
Check by our reporter revealed that only few petrol stations now sell the product in Lagos and Ogun.
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While petrol is sold for N86 per litre at available stations in Lagos, in Ogun state, the standard price is N150 per litre.
Getting black market is also becoming difficult following the clampdown on fuel hawkers by the Lagos state Rapid Response Quad. But those who bought from the hawkers say they got it between N200- N300 per litre.
The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Lagos Zone, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, said: “We are still having the fuel problem because there is no supply. Even with the little we are rationing, if you look at the queues very well, they have returned to what they used to be. And it is a very devastating situation now.
“Most of the depots are not loading well. Even the products they promised that they will soon pump to the depots is not in sight now. I have not seen any seriousness on the part of the other stakeholders to complement the effort of the NNPC. The NNPC is supplying, but it cannot do it alone. Now, it is only the NNPC that is bringing the fuel into the country.”
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An independent marketer who was quoted by Punch newspaper said: “The queues will remain like that until we have good supply. And that good supply may not come until May. I expect that by first week of May, something positive should happen.
“People are still finding it difficult to get foreign exchange. All the ones that the government promised have not been released to anybody.”
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