OpEd: Fuel Scarcity: Buhari And APC Talked A Good Game, Gave Nothing When Time Came To Act By Cheta Nwanze | Sahara Reporters
Once sworn in, Muhammadu Buhari looked at the country's vast array of accomplished energy industry professionals, somehow saw himself in their midst and named himself as petroleum minister with the excuse that he needed to be personally involved for things to get done properly.
It would have been bearable if the public or private sector had benefited from the rise in prices, but it has been an equal-opportunity plague.Regarding economic impact, fuel prices are influential enough on inflation when you consider transportation alone. Still, Nigeria's failure to provide adequate power has meant that petrol also plays an inordinately high role in domestic power generation in the private and public sectors.
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