Fuel scarcity worsens as FCT filling stations refuse selling

Most filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory have shut down following the non-availability of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol.
Motorists are facing a harder time as they move from stations to stations in search of the scarce commodity.
The few stations that were dispensing, had long queues of vehicles with desperate motorists besieging their gates in the hope of getting fuel to pursue their economic and social activities.
At the Central Business District, Abuja, the Total and Conoil filling stations did not dispense fuel for the better part of Friday as the attendants claimed that they had run out of stock.
Ironically, black marketers were never short of supply as they chased after vehicles along the road, selling fuel at N200 per litre to those who could afford it.

The NNPC mega station at Jahi District, along the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, which usually dispenses fuel, was not open on Saturday as it was said to be expecting fresh supply.

Our correspondent, who drove by the station on Friday night, observed that the ever-busy station was shut down. Over 50 vehicles were on a queue, even though the attendants were not on duty.

Findings indicated that some stations had started selling fuel at N140 per litre, but few motorists patronised them, preferring to stay on the line for hours to buy at the official price of N87 per litre.