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The Senate has ordered the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before it on Tuesday to explain the unending fuel scarcity across the country.
The Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream invited the Minister after carrying out an on-the-spot assessment of the fuel crises in major petrol stations in the nation’s capital city.
The Senate committee visited some fuel stations in the FCT to find out what is responsible for the scarcity of the product.
Some of the stations visited were not selling petrol and the operators gave reasons which the chairman of the Senate committee said were unacceptable.
The fuel scarcity has created a booming business for fuel black marketers as many Nigerians would rather buy fuel from them than spend long hours in petrol stations.
In broad day light, right in front of a major petrol station and a few meters away from the Police Headquarters in Abuja, black marketers are seen hawking petrol.
The illegality of their business is not stopping them because for weeks, there have been persistent long queues in petrol stations in the FCT and across the country.
Although Dr Ibe Kachikwu has given the assurance that the federal government would soon eliminate the scarcity of petrol and the resultant crisis in the sector, the Senate committee believe there is the need to have a clearer understanding of the situation and how it is being addressed.
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