Residents and motorists in Anambra State were on Wednesday thrown into lamentation following about 100 percent unprecedented transport fare hikes orchestrated by sudden fuel scarcity across the state as fuel marketers shut down almost all the filling stations in the state. With over 80 percent filling stations in the state, especially in major cities including the state capital, Awka, a few stations that were open for business sold fuel at as high N550 per litre while black marketers sold as high as N1200 per litre.
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Reacting to the situation, some motorists and residents at the popular Aroma Roundabouts and Kwata Junction in Awka told SaharaReporters the difficulties they were faced with in the course of doing their business and getting to their destinations. Also, a civil servant working in Awka but based in Nnewi, who identified herself as Grace Oma, said, “Getting a vehicle has been hectic today. The few vehicles available have almost tripled their fares and it is unexpected. Yesterday, I paid N800 to Awka, but today, they are charging almost N2,000.”
Anyaso said, “The emergency meeting was to deliberate on the recent marking of about 16 filling stations in Ekwulobia, to give way for the construction of a proposed flyover in the town.
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