The house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to “urgently ease off” queues in filling stations across the country. The lower legislative chamber also asked
Samuel AkpanThe house of representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to “urgently ease off” queues in filling stations across the country.
The resolution was sequel to a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Leke Abejide, a lawmaker from Kogi. He said the national assembly has approved the money for the subsidy of petroleum products to “mitigate against unforeseen circumstances in the areas of shortages of the product”.“There have been uneven pump prices being dispensed by the filling stations across the country, which fields speculations that government may have begun to remove subsidy on petrol,” he said.
“The current fuel crisis across the country may worsen in the days ahead with the introduction of an N16.00 per litre charge.
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