Contrary to claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, that it has taken steps to eliminate the noticeable fuel queues in some major cities in the Northern axis, long queues of vehicles looking for fuel appear to be on the increase in virtually all filling stations within Kaduna metropolis.
DAILY POST recalls that the Corporation had on Wednesday, 28th October, 2015, stated that within the last 48 hours, the product will be distributed to major cities across the country, especially in the northern part of the country.
However, our correspondent observed on Friday long queues at different filling stations in the state.
Mr. Thomas Adebayo while narrating his experience told DAILY POST that he had gone round some filling stations in Kaduna and that the products were being sold above the official rate. He said, “In most of the filling stations l went through, l discovered that a litre is being sold between N110 and N115 per litre,” he said
Some car owners who pleaded anonymity expressed fear that the problem may persist beyond the imagination of government, stressing that it may be another attempt to put Nigerians through hardship during the ember months as was the case in every end of the year. “I will not be surprised if this problem of fuel shortage persists beyond what NNPC told Nigerians because unless the government steps in to address the situation, we are in for another terrible experience in this country,” he lamented.
A petroleum marketer also said they will only sell what they have at hand, pointing out that as soon as the product was available, it would be sold to the public without any hitch.
Some of the owners of filling stations visited by our reporter complained about shortage in supply. Our reporter observed that cars were parked on queues in anticipation of when the product would be available for sale.
NNPC had recently in its release stated that, “We can confirm that additional daily supply of 306 trucks of PMS which is the equivalent of over 10 million litres of petrol has been injected to provide extra daily
supply to Kano, Minna, Suleja/Abuja, Gusau, Katsina as well as Kaduna.”
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