The Independent Petroleum Marketers of Nigeria, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, and other parties have been called by the Department of State Service with instructions to immediately address the state’s ongoing fuel scsrcity.
According to a senior DSS official who asked to remain anonymous, the meeting between security personnel, petroleum marketers, and other stakeholders took place on Monday and lasted for several hours. A litre of fuel costs between N310 and N320 in Kano.
During the meeting, he claimed, the merchants guided the DSS through their issues and offered solutions for moving the product from other regions of Nigeria to Kano.
He claimed that among the difficulties they were having were the high cost of transporting fuel to the country’s north, the poor condition of the roads, which frequently caused damage to their trucks, and the Federal government’s failure to fulfill their bridging claims.
To ensure a constant supply of the good to filling stations in the state, the Department of Petroleum Resources established a three-person team to monitor supplies in Kano. This team started working on Tuesday (today).
According to reports, the DPR promised the DSS that it would ensure full compliance with the uninterrupted gasoline supply, which would in the coming days relieve Kano of the lengthy lines of drivers at gas stations.
Due to the ongoing fuel crisis, many drivers have left their cars in parking lots because few filling stations have stayed open.
Investigation in the old city revealed that most of the filling stations had been closed for more than three weeks, and the ones that were still selling the product were surrounded by huge lines of cars.
According to the research, the few gas stations that were still open had abruptly raised their prices to between N310 and N320 per liter.
The study also revealed that many young people without jobs had entered the black marketing industry, which was flourishing in urban areas.
Even though the government had not raised the pump price, some of the gas stations run by Independent Petroleum Marketers preferred to sell the product to black marketers in order to maximize profit.
Due to the shutdown of the town’s gas stations, it was seen that drivers had turned to buying the product from black marketeers.
On the illegal market, a four-liter gallon is being offered for N1,600 as opposed to N1,100.
Residents from all walks of life who spoke out about the situation urged the federal government to step in to protect citizens, especially the average Nigerian, from the current economic crisis.
