People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has said Nigerians will not spend the next Christmas on fuel queues if he is elected president in the 2023 polls.
Atiku, in a Christmas message, signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has set a new record for the longest petrol scarcity in the history of the country.
Shaibu recalled that the fuel scarcity started in January 2022 in the aftermath of the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) high in methanol, noting that a probe instituted into the matter did not produce many results.
According to him, “based on estimates from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the media reported that NNPC may have spent about N201 billion worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), to clean the 170.25 million litres of dirty petrol. Still, no one was sacked for bringing the country to its knees.
“After a few weeks of respite, the petrol scarcity continued yet again in May as oil marketers complained about the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country. The NNPC claimed the queues in Abuja and most parts of the north were caused by panic buying.
Shaibu recalled that the fuel scarcity started in January 2022 in the aftermath of the importation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) high in methanol, noting that a probe instituted into the matter did not produce many results.
According to him, “based on estimates from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the media reported that NNPC may have spent about N201 billion worth of clean Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), to clean the 170.25 million litres of dirty petrol. Still, no one was sacked for bringing the country to its knees.
“After a few weeks of respite, the petrol scarcity continued yet again in May as oil marketers complained about the outstanding payment of bridging claims incurred by dealers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country. The NNPC claimed the queues in Abuja and most parts of the north were caused by panic buying.
