Posted on: 05:46 Wed, 09 Dec 2015



Some oil marketers in Abuja have
predicted intense cases of fuel scarcity
in the coming days across the country
as well as pin-pointing the major reason
behind the fuel shortage.

The fuel crisis took a dramatic turn
for the worse, yesterday, as massive
queues were seen in almost all the
petrol stations selling the products in
Abuja, according to the Vanguard.
Also, some oil marketers, who spoke
to a correspondent, blamed the
prolonged scarcity on the insincerity
of the Federal Government and
called on Nigerians to expect a
further worsening of the situation in
the days ahead.

This was after a slight improvement
was recorded few days after the
Senate approved the supplementary
budget which was to be used mainly
for payments of subsidy claims to oil
marketers.

Some marketers who spoke to a
reporter blamed the renewed
intensity of the crisis on the fact that
they are yet to receive payments for
their subsidy claims, a situation that
had made it difficult for them to
purchase the product.

Specifically, one of the marketers,
who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, wondered what is
delaying the payment of the claims,
while he accused the Federal
Government of not showing concern
for the plight of Nigerians.

The marketer disclosed that
Nigerians should expect tougher days
ahead, stating that if the subsidy
claims are eventually paid, it would
take days for oil marketers to access
the funds, place order for the
products, get the consignment and
start distributing the products to all
the nooks and crannies of the
country.

He said:-

“Nigerians should hold the Federal
Government responsible for the
sufferings they are currently passing
through. This government was aware
of outstanding subsidy claims from
their first day in office, but they had
to wait for six months, until
Nigerians could no longer bear the
suffering in silence, before they took
any action”.