Residents of Ibadan have called for the availability of premium motor spirit, PMS, known as petrol to ease their suffering.
They made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored the fuel situation in the state capital.
The residents, who frowned at the frustration in getting PMS, said Federal Government had neglected its responsibility in making provisions for the well-being of its citizens, as the scarcity persists every day without solutions.
Some residents, who lamented several hours spent in the queue despite the hike in the price of petrol, appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address the situation.
“There is no fuel anywhere; the fuel is very scarce, that is why people are rushing it even though we are buying it at #320 per litre because we can’t just get it anywhere”. Another resident said, “If it increases to 500 naira per litre we would still buy because there is nothing we can do, we have no power “.
Also,” I don’t know for how long we would be on queue for fuel if they would increase the fuel let us know so that everyone of us will buy at the correct price because all this on and off is unacceptable”.
Corroborating, some commercial motorists and Okada riders recounted their ordeals as fuel price was skyrocketing on daily basis, and had affected their sales.
“They are selling 300 naira per litre. It is only one or two places that they are selling it at that rate as at yesterday, but today, some filling stations have opened but sells above 270 naira per litre. Customers will bear the pain because it’s not easy to be getting money.”
An Okada rider, Moses Emeka on his part said, “people are not flagging down bikes because of what we are facing, both the petrol station and passengers are frustrating us.”
Saheed Babalola also said, “We are getting the fuel for 320 naira per litre even though we stay on the queue to get it, Government is not fair to us”
Speaking, a manager of one of the independent filling stations, who did not want his name to be mentioned, said the persistent long queue at his filling station was because it was being sold at a lesser price of 270 naira per litre.
“Other stations sell for 320 per litre but we sell ours for 270 naira per litre. That’s why the queue is much. For 3 days now, we have been selling kegs and the people will still be making noise and damaging our nozzle”.
Our Correspondent observed that most filling stations in the metropolis locked their gates while a few that had the fuel sold between 295 and 350 naira per liter, with a long queue.
In the meantime, the persistent fuel scarcity has caused disruption of the free flow of traffic in areas where the major filling stations are cited whether the product was available or not as motorists queue indiscriminately on the road.
Olukemi Akintunde
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