Petrol sells for N200 per litre in Umuahia
Some independent petroleum marketers
in Umuahia are selling petrol for
between N170 and N200 per litre even
as the seeming scarcity of the commodity
lingers on.
However, at the black market located at
strategic points in the Abia state capital,
the commodity sells for N300 per litre.
A correspondent of the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the
situation in the area, reports that the few
independent marketers selling the
commodity at the approved pump price
of N87 per litre are attracting long
queues of vehicles as prospective buyers
wait patiently for their turns to buy the
commodity.
Meanwhile, transport fare in the area
has jumped by between 80 per cent and
100 per cent, depending on the distance,
thereby forcing many commuters to
resort to walking long distances.
At the NNPC mega station located on the
Umuahia end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt
Expressway, scores of motorists and
motorcyclists could be seen waiting to
buy the commodity at the government-
controlled price.
A cross-section of the customers, who
spoke with NAN, described the seeming
scarcity as disturbing and a situation not
expected during President Mohammadu
Buhari’s administration.
Augustine Okoronkwo, Steve Ahamefule,
and Jenarius Ezeru, who claimed to have
spent two days on the queue waiting to
buy the commodity but to no avail, said
that the situation had caused untold
hardship to motorists.
They, therefore, called on President
Buhari to take urgent steps towards
ensuring the availability of the
commodity before the Christmas season.
The Retail Sells Representative at the
NNPC mega station, Mr Sampson Ene,
told NAN that the station had sufficient
stock, but expressed concern about what
he called ‘’the disorderliness by some
prospective customers’’.
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