Some car owners in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Sunday said they have abandoned their vehicles due to the incessant long petrol queues and instead resorted to commercial commuting....READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
The residents, who spoke in on Sunday in Abuja, decried the unending fuel situation in the country.
They said the situation was unexpected after the federal government had removed petrol subsidy.
Mrs Rebecca Takaa, a public servant and resident of Usuma Dam, said she had stopped using her vehicle for some weeks.
Takaa said she could not join the long queues at the filling stations.
“It has been stressful using commercial vehicles since I cannot afford to buy fuel for my car, and I do not have the time to join the long queue.
“To avoid this trouble, I just stopped using the car for now and resolved to taking commercial vehicles to the office and back, which is also expensive but not as much as using my car.
“I am just keeping faith that the government is working on a solution to end this fuel situation soon enough,” she said.
Mr Alu Joshua, a commercial transporter in Bwari, said the situation had been so discouraging, adding that some of his fellow drivers have not been able to do business for days.
He said staying on long queues is time consuming, which affects the number of times one is supposed to work in a day in order to make profit.
He said the fuel situation kept coming up at unexpected times to disrupt the now staggering businesses in the country.
Joshua appealed to the government to make deliberate policy action to end the reoccurring situation.
Another resident, Mr David Ogedengbe, said he had not been able to buy petrol for almost a week, inspite of joining a queue with his vehicle almost everyday.
“I had no choice than to resort to buying from the black market, where I bought for almost N1,500 per litre.
”This is unfortunate as it ended up affecting my fuel pump because the fuel was not clean enough.
” The situation is getting difficult and pathetic by the day and what is most worrisome is that the petrol is yet to be available,” he said.
On her part, Miss Jennifer Ibrahim, who owns a hairdressing salon in Nyanya, also decried the effect of the fuel situation on her business, adding that, the black market price has not been equally affordable.
