Social activist and convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has lamented the biting scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Adeyanju, who posted a video, showing an endless queue of vehicles, seeking to get fuel at a filling station in Abuja, Saturday evening, described the situation as unbelievable.
“I’m back again o, to the same spot, same petrol station. I just said let me come back again and see whether Nigerians are no longer suffering; whether the situation has improved. You need to see the level of suffering in this FCT, Abuja, it’s unbelievable.”
Adeyanju blamed the the situation on the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government, saying, “This is the change that people were crying and insulting us for in 2014/2015.
“They called us all sorts of names; they said we’re enemies of progress; we are enemies of Nigeria, we did not want their messiah to come to power,” he added.
The PUNCH reported that the scarcity of PMS worsened on Thursday in Abuja, as the Federal Government attributed the development to flooded roads in Kogi State that stopped tankers from transporting the commodity.
It disclosed this as oil marketers and other operators in the industry called for the downward review of administrative penalties in the midstream and downstream oil sectors.
The call was made public at the closing ceremony of a Stakeholders’ Consultation Forum On Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulations, organised by the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority in Abuja.
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