By Correspondent in Lokoja.
A litre of kerosene, which sold for N220 towards the end of 2021, has jumped to N660 for the same quantity,just as scarcity of fuel persists with a litre of the product refuses to return to N165 from N220 and above.
Our Correspondent who visited some feeling stations in Lokoja on Wednesday reports that with the exception of NNPC feeling station located on Felele highway which sold fuel at official price, few other stations that had the product sold at the product above N220 per litre and kerosene at N660 per litre.
However, a litre of fuel at black has come down from N500 to N400 per litre due to what sources attributed to element of little ease in the supply of fuel to feeling stations in the area, at control price to such stations.
Some members of the public, cutting across the spectrum of the society, who spoke with our Correspondent, described the issue of hike in the price of fuel and kerosene as a serious development needing government urgent attention, to make life bearable for the masses.
“Can you imagine the astronomical jump in the price of kerosene from N220 to N660, not to talk of fuel, things are really getting tough for the masses. I am urging government to do the needful, in terms of ensuring that prices of these petroleum products come down.
“When their prices come down, they will have positive multiplier effects on essential goods and services,most especially food items, the price of which has really hit the roof, making life unbearable for the masses.
“Only God is saving many homes now. “When our husbands give us money to go to the market and buy food stuffs for the family, they expect some reasonable quantity of goods that we used the money to buy. This is no more the case as we return home with half of the value of what the money can buy. If care is not taken, suspicion can come in between husband and wife
“Prices of every food item one can think of has gone beyond the purchasing capacity of an average buyer in the market, due to hike in the price of virtually every consumable and consumable item,”. Mrs Amina Mohammed, a wife house with four children told our in an interview.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
