The persisting fuel scarcity became more noticeable in Lagos State on Eid-ek Kabir day, as many filling stations were either without petroleum products or suspected to be hoarding.
Long queues were noticed at the few filling stations that were selling the products.
The queues of vehicles at the filling stations led to heavy traffic in some areas of the metropolis, forcing commercial vehicles to increase fares.
Many major and independent petroleum marketers claimed that the scarcity resulted from their inability to get the products from depots.
In Epe, a Lagos suburb, petrol price has gone up to N120 per litre in some filling stations, against the official N97 per litre.
Black market sale of the product has continued to thrive as young men sell 10 litres of petrol for between N1, 500 and N2, 000.
Some of them display gallons of petrol in front of filling stations on Ikorodu Road.
A taxi driver, Mr Kasali Jimoh, said that the scarcity was worsening and, “No government official has so far given any explanation on the matter; this is regrettable”.
A commercial bus driver, Mr Tunde Sanni, said, ‘’transport fare for the “Lagos-Epe route increased from N500 to N1,500”.
Meanwhile, commuters in Lagos, on Friday, enjoyed free ride on the state-owned LAGBUS and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicles to mark the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
Lagos State government provided about 600 hundred of the buses to convey the residents on various routes.
Some of the residents who benefitted from the free ride thanked the government for the gesture which, they said, relieved them of the burden of fuel scarcity.
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ReplyDeleteThere is abundant fuel in Abeokuta but at #105.00.
I hope another official increment is not around the corner?