Veteran journalist, others urge Nigerian government to end fuel scarcity
The National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State has urged the federal government to urgently find a solution to the lingering fuel crisis in the country.
The league noted that Nigerians, especially the people of Kwara State are going through a harrowing experience as a result of fuel shortage.
The ripples caused by the importation of methanol-laden fuel over two weeks ago remain as long queues persist in Lagos, Abuja, Calabar, and others in spite of reassurances by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
ARISE News joined the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream petroleum regulatory commission Wednesday to monitor the situation in filling stations in Abuja, the capital of the nation.
This scarcity formed part of the resolutions reached at the end of the monthly meeting of the league held Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
In a statement issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the chairman, Alh. Tunde Akanbi and the publicity secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin, the league lamented that the intense heat being experienced in Ilorin has further compounded the residents’ woes.
It noted that the recent motor accident that occurred at the airport area in Ilorin, which claimed nine lives was as a result of the fuel scarcity which forced one of the drivers of the vehicles involved in the accident to harbour kegs of petroleum in his vehicle.
It also blamed the fuel scarcity for the death of a man who fell from a two-story building after sleeping in the corridor of his house in Ilorin because of heat.
The league asked the government at all levels to monitor the activities of fuel marketers and ensure that they dispense the fuel in their tanks and at the official pump price.
