"The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of the government"... section 14 (1) (b) of Nigerian constitution.
With almost every sector of the Nigerian economy threatening fire and brimstone should the federal government fail to meet their requests at this vulnerable transition period; Nigerians are left with no option but to, as usual bear the ugly brunt....
The persistent scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol is really taking its toll on the average Nigerian, especially having being warned that this situation may linger till June, after the incoming administration must have been sworn in, on May 29,2015.
With almost every sector of the Nigerian economy threatening fire and brimstone should the federal government fail to meet their requests at this vulnerable transition period; Nigerians are left with no option but to, as usual bear the ugly brunt....
The persistent scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol is really taking its toll on the average Nigerian, especially having being warned that this situation may linger till June, after the incoming administration must have been sworn in, on May 29,2015.
This is because oil marketers appears not to be in a hurry to further import the PMS product, due to uncertainties surrounding the payment of their outstanding =N=200 billion. It will be recalled that the Federal Government recently paid marketers about =N=154 billion as part of subsidy claims.
Situation Eating Deep Into People's Pocket
As a result, there is an alarming hike in transport fare, without a corresponding increase in the income of ordinary Nigerians...
As a result, there is an alarming hike in transport fare, without a corresponding increase in the income of ordinary Nigerians...
Most commercial vehicles are either parked away, or in long queues at various gas stations across the nation.
NO PETROL / NO ELECTRICITY SITUATION
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| People on queue to buy the non available product, either for their cars packed at home, or for their generators, as coincidentally, electricity supply has been epileptic. |
- A trip of about =N= 100, is now doubled to about =N=200 or more.....
- A 10 liter gallon of fuel sells for =N=4000 at the black markets, on whose mercy the average Nigerian is abandoned.
- A 25 liters gallon of petrol that hitherto costs =N=3000 is being sold for =N=10,000 or more, at the black markets, that is three times the normal price.
School Children Not Left Out
Our correspondent was engaged in a conversation about this situation with a 'kabu-kabu' (carb) driver, and the man recounted how his son alongside other school children, trekked the very long distant (over a mile) from their school at Sangotedo to their home in Lakwe, along the Lekki - Epe express way.
The driver said he gave his son the sum of =N=200, being his to - and from school transport fare, =N=100 for each trip, unaware that the fare has been increased to =N=150. Unfortunately, the boy, who could not reach his father to pick him up, because he does not have a phone, was left with no option than to trek home with some other school children under the scourging sun, stopping along the way, at Fara Park area, to pluck some mangoes to eat, because they were hungry and tired; the young man got home sick that afternoon.
Our correspondent was engaged in a conversation about this situation with a 'kabu-kabu' (carb) driver, and the man recounted how his son alongside other school children, trekked the very long distant (over a mile) from their school at Sangotedo to their home in Lakwe, along the Lekki - Epe express way.
The driver said he gave his son the sum of =N=200, being his to - and from school transport fare, =N=100 for each trip, unaware that the fare has been increased to =N=150. Unfortunately, the boy, who could not reach his father to pick him up, because he does not have a phone, was left with no option than to trek home with some other school children under the scourging sun, stopping along the way, at Fara Park area, to pluck some mangoes to eat, because they were hungry and tired; the young man got home sick that afternoon.
"The next day, my son told me he was not going to school, obviously afraid, as he did not want to go through that same ordeal again, even after I increased his fare. May God deliver us from this situation". he lamented.
Pictures of vehicles waiting for their turn to purchase fuel, which some stations sell between =N=130 or more, as against the =N=87 per liter official price.
Pictures of vehicles waiting for their turn to purchase fuel, which some stations sell between =N=130 or more, as against the =N=87 per liter official price.
While filling stations with no fuel supply is deserted....
We hope the various authorities and stake holders get to read this, we also believe they really mean well for Nigerians.
People are suffering as a result of the persistent fuel scarcity, the old, young, even school children...Nigerians don't deserve this.
A transition period should not leave the people it is supposed to bring 'goodwill to' in perpetual peril.
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