You have no idea the magnitude of heavy traffick this fuel scarcity long queues causes on the Lekki-Epe expressway, its so annoying
The persisting fuel scarcity became more noticeable in
Lagos State on Eid-ek Kabir day, as many filling stations were either without
petroleum products or suspected to be hoarding. Long queues were noticed at the
few filling stations that were selling the products.
The queues of vehicles at the filling stations led to
heavy traffic in some areas of the metropolis, forcing commercial vehicles to
increase fares. Many major and independent petroleum marketers claimed that the
scarcity resulted from their inability to get the products from depots.
In Epe, a Lagos suburb, petrol price has gone up to N120
per litre in some filling stations, against the official N97 per litre. Black market
sale of the product has continued to thrive as young men sell 10 litres of
petrol for between N1, 500 and N2, 000.
Some of them display gallons of petrol in front of
filling stations on Ikorodu Road.
A taxi driver, Mr Kasali Jimoh, said that the scarcity
was worsening and, “No government official has so far given any explanation on
the matter; this is regrettable”. A commercial bus driver, Mr Tunde Sanni,
said, ‘’transport fare for the “Lagos-Epe route increased from N500 to N1,500”.
Meanwhile, commuters in Lagos, on Friday, enjoyed free
ride on the state-owned LAGBUS and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicles to mark
the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.
Lagos State government provided about 600 hundred of the
buses to convey the residents on various routes.
Some of the residents who benefitted from the free ride
thanked the government for the gesture which, they said, relieved them of the
burden of fuel scarcity.
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