There’s no actual fuel scarcity - APC claims
- The ruling party, APC, claimed that there is no actual fuel scarcity
- The party said that some marketers are hoarding products in order to cause artificial scarcity and panic buying
The ruling party, the All progressives Congress (APC), on Friday, December 22, claimed that the fuel scarcity in the country is caused by marketers hoarding products.
The party claimed that there are greedy marketers hoarding allocated products in other to cause scarcity and panic buying.
The party in a statement released on its Twitter page said that: “there’s no ‘actual scarcity’.
Nigerians queued at the filling station.
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“Just some stakeholders hoarding allocated products in order to cause artificial scarcity + panic buying, for their own selfish interests."
The party, however, said the government was working on resolving the crisis and “regretted” any inconveniences, Premium Times reports.
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com earlier reported that the supply and price of petrol in Anambra have worsened as customers now pay between N250 and N300 per litre in the state.
Most filling stations in Awka and its environs had the product but refused to dispense.
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However, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) monitoring and enforcing the situation, compelled marketers to sell the product at the government regulated price if N145 per litre.
The team, which came from Enugu Office, also sealed 12 filling stations, including an NNPC mega station for hoarding the product.
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Source: Naija.ng