WINDING FUEL QUEUES OF DESPAIR Monday Philips Ekpe writes that the persistent petrol scarcity appears to have become an intractable tradition The only thing the Minister of State f
writes that the persistent petrol scarcity appears to have become an intractable tradition
“Government will not approve any increase of PMS secretly without due consultations with the relevant stakeholders. The President has not directed the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority or any agency for that matter to increase the price of fuel. This is not the time for any price increase in pump price of PMS. What is playing out is the handiwork of mischief makers and those planning to discredit the achievements of Mr.
Lo and behold, last Sunday, after buying petrol from a Nigerian National Petroleum Company outlet in Abuja at 194 naira per litre, up from 179, I knew at once that I would have to comment soon again on government’s insensitivity in the area of taking undue advantage of the failure of Nigerians to hold their leaders to account. Only last week on this page, I added my voice to the callous manner in which electricity tariffs are being hiked.
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