Posted on: 01:48 Sun, 15 Nov 2015



The ongoing scarcity of Premium
Motor Spirit also known as petrol is
biting harder in the country as users
are forced to pay far above the
recommended price of N87 per litre
in most of the filling stations that sell
the product, SUNDAY PUNCH has
found out.

Investigations by our correspondents
also revealed that petrol now sells in
some states as high as N400 per litre
while in others it goes between N110
and N200.

However, some filling stations as at
press time on Saturday, according to
our correspondents, still sold the
product at the official price of N87
per litre. These filling stations,
findings showed, were however few
and inundated with long queues of
motorists, motorcyclists and other
users.

In Cross River State, a litre of petrol
was sold for as high as N400 in
Calabar and environs on Saturday
morning.

Tanker drivers across the state and
beyond had on Monday refused to
load the product from the Calabar
Depot in protest of the deplorable
situation of federal roads in the
state.

As at the time of filing this report,
most service stations had yet to
commence the sale of the product to
the public. Black marketeers had
continued to have a field day.

Many petrol stations in Akwa Ibom
State, particularly those in Ibesikpo/
Asutan, Eket, and Itu Local
Government Areas on Saturday sold
petrol at N200 per litre.

In Uyo, the State capital, while the
price fluctuated between N170 and
N180 per litre, motorists said many
of the filling stations had adjusted
their metres regardless of the
amount they pay for buying fuel.

In Ondo State, long queues of
vehicles persisted in many filling
stations in many towns on Saturday
even as many of them sold petrol at
N120 per litre.

In Ilorin, the Kwara State capital,
there long queues at filling stations
on Saturday especially those owned
by major marketeers.

A litre of petrol was being sold
between N100 and N110 depending
on the distance of the area to the
state capital.

In Enugu State, petrol was sold
between N130 and N150 per litre.

Our correspondent, who bought the
commodity at the cost of N140 per
litre in the state capital on Saturday,
learnt that the product was being
offered to motorists for N150 in
other filling stations.

In Oyo State, fuel scarcity reached a
height as few vehicles plied the
roads.

More than 85 per cent of major oil
marketeers were not selling the
product while a few independent oil
marketers sold between N110 and
N120 per litre.

The queues by motorists for petrol
continued on Saturday in some
filling stations in Abuja and
Nasarawa State.

All petrol stations visited in Abuja on
Saturday sold at the regulated price,
but many were not open for business
as they claimed not to have products.

In Benue State, Sunday PUNCH
visited the NNPC Mega filling station
along Oturkpo road where the queue
for the product was over four
kilometres long. It was the only fuel
station selling at the official pump
price of N87 per litre.

Meanwhile, black marketeers have
taken over the town as they sold at
N200 and N250 per litre.

In Gboko and the other local
government areas it was sold at
N170 per litre.

Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH
correspondent, who went round
some parts of Nassarawa State,
observed that it was only the NNPC
mega station that sold at N87 per
litre while others sold at N160 per.

In Bayelsa State, particularly
Yenagoa, the state capital, a few
filling stations that were selling the
product on Saturday sold a litre of
petrol between N130 and N150.

The NNPC mega filling stations in the
Yenagoa metropolis were the only
ones selling at the government
regulated price of N87 but the
queues were very long.

A litre of PMS was sold for N100 in
many filling stations in Ogun State
except NNPC stations and those of
major marketeers on Saturday.

In Osogbo, the Osun State capital and
other parts of the state, petrol was
sold at N110 per litre.

In Lagos, our correspondent learnt
on Saturday that while the NNPC and
major marketers sold at N87, black
marketers sold five litres of petrol at
N600.

Source: PunchNg