The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, or PMS, better known as petrol, has risen to N780 per litre in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, while most filling stations remain closed due to a lack of product.
According to observations, the handful that had product to offer, like as the NNPC Mega Station on New Otukpo Road, which dispensed at N617 per litre, had large lines of vehicles, commercial buses, and motorcyclists waiting patiently to buy.
Motorists and commercial motorbike operators were observed rushing to acquire the commodity at Enyo filling stations on Ankpa Quaters Junction, where it was priced at N660 per litre.
At the time of this report, the majority of the town’s large and independent markers had no product to sell. The few who were administering between N770 and N780 per litre to stopped motorists were heard expressing displeasure about the country’s terrible hardships.
A commercial bus driver, named as Jonathan Ogor, complained the product’s lack of availability in recent days, claiming it had already ruined his business. He wondered why Nigerians were paying so much for the goods while the government was unable to make it widely available.
According to him, “this government is putting Nigerians to unimaginable agony. They cancelled the petrol subsidy, which has exacerbated poverty in our life and prevented us from seeing what products to buy.
In countries where people in positions of authority or responsibility are held accountable, you may have heard that some have been fired as a result of the scarcity that is causing immeasurable agony for Nigerians.
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“When we went to vote in 2023, we never expected to experience this level of agony. Nigerians are dying because they are unable to feed and care for their health after the subsidy was removed.
“They keep telling us it’ll be better; the question is when. You cancelled the petrol subsidy, and we still can’t buy fuel. It’s unfortunate that we’ve found ourselves in this situation as a nation.”
Source: guardian.ng
