South East are selling petrol for between N170 and N200 per litre even
as the seeming scarcity of the commodity lingers on.
However, at the black market located at strategic points in the Abia
state capital, the commodity sells for N300 per litre.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the
situation in the area, reports that the few independent marketers
selling the commodity at the approved pump price of N87 per litre are
attracting long queues of vehicles as prospective buyers wait
patiently for their turns to buy the commodity.
Meanwhile, transport fare in the area has jumped by between 80 per
cent and 100 per cent, depending on the distance, thereby forcing many
commuters to resort to walking long distances.
At the NNPC mega station located on the Umuahia end of the Enugu-Port
Harcourt Expressway, scores of motorists and motorcyclists could be
seen waiting to buy the commodity at the government-controlled price.
A cross-section of the customers, who spoke with NAN, described the
seeming scarcity as disturbing and a situation not expected during
President Mohammadu Buhari's administration.
Augustine Okoronkwo, Steve Ahamefule, and Jenarius Ezeru, who claimed
to have spent two days on the queue waiting to buy the commodity but
to no avail, said that the situation had caused untold hardship to
motorists.
They, therefore, called on President Buhari to take urgent steps
towards ensuring the availability of the commodity before the
Christmas season.
The Retail Sells Representative at the NNPC mega station, Mr Sampson
Ene, told NAN that the station had sufficient stock, but expressed
concern about what he called ''the disorderliness by some prospective
customers''.
-TheGuardian
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