Residents in Kwara bemoan Lament Lingering Fuel Scarcity
Residents of Kwara state have expressed worry over the lingering fuel scarcity that has affected their daily lives as litre of fuel sold in the night for between N250 to N400 at the black markets in the state against N165, the official pump price.
However, the NNPC mega stations and affiliates provide succour for the fuel users as they dispense the product at the N165.00 official pump prices, amidst long queues.
A Motorist, Timothy Adedayo told our Correspondent that the fuel scarcity had continued to take its toll on the transport sector as they now experience 100 per cent increase in fare and other goods and services.
Meanwhile, the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Kwara State has urged the federal government to urgently find solution to the lingering fuel crisis in the country.
The league noted that Nigerians, especially the people of Kwara State,were going through harrowing experience as a result of fuel shortage.
This formed part of the resolutions reached at the end of the monthly meeting of the league, held on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State.
In a statement issued at the end of the meeting and signed by the chairman, Alhajo Tunde Akanbi and the publicity secretary, Alhaji Abdullahi Olesin, the league expressed concern that the intense heat being experienced in Ilorin had 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- storey 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
