Nigeria governor orders sale of his official fuel as scarcity bites

A Governor in Nigeria, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has opted to sell fuel meant for his official use to the public as fuel scarcity continues across Africa’s most populous nation.

Governor Fayose who is an ardent critic of President Buhari and the ruling All Peoples Congress (APC), tweeted his decision to sell fuel at 145 naira per liter.

For about a week now, there have been long queues at fuel stations across the country as people throng filling stations looking for fuel.

The government and state oil firm, NNPC, have given assurances that measures are being put in place to normalize the situation.

There has been talk of hoarding of the product by marketers with a view to force a price hike. 
 
The state oil company, Sonagol, has acknowledged ‘delays in processing fuel at the country’s ports because of minor issues around the payment of certain suppliers’ but insisted that it was ‘not short of fuel’ and that there was ‘no reason to be alarmed.’

SOURCE: africanews
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