Queues for petrol have resurfaced in the federal capital
territory (FCT) causing anxiety and hardship for residents trying to get the
product.
It is not clear why the petrol queues are back in the
nation’s capital.
TheCable reports that between Saturday and Sunday, many
petrol stations were closed. The few selling the product had long queues.
The development comes weeks after parts of the country
witnessed petrol scarcity.
In April, the national assembly approved the request of
President Muhammadu Buhari to earmark N4 trillion for petrol subsidy.
The lower and upper legislative chambers approved the
president’s request after they revised the 2022 medium term expenditure
framework (MTEF) and fiscal strategy paper (FSP).
Speaking at the time, Senate President Ahmad Lawan lamented
that the country depends too much on the oil industry, adding that any change
in the global economy hits the country hard.
“I also think that
diversification of our economy is key because we depend so much on oil and gas
and the slightest issue that affects the global economy affects us seriously in
our country here,” Lawan had said.
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