By Victor Ahiuma-Young

TRADE Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, yesterday expressed shock over the re-emergence of fuel scarcity and queues nationwide, saying all stakeholders must ensure that normalcy returned immediately.

In a statement signed by the President and Secretary, Bobboi Kaigama and Musa Lawal, respectively, TUC said it was shocked at the return of fuel scarcity and unbearable queues nationwide.

The statement read: “It is one unpleasant development that has cut short the joy we had when the price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as fuel, was reduced by the Federal Government in January, 2015.

‘’It is bad enough that the masses are meant to go through these needless pains again but worst that instead of the leadership and stakeholders rising up and facing the challenge frontally they are busy casting aspersions and playing the blame game again.

‘’The Congress finds it very difficult to describe things happening on the eve of the 2015 general elections. It has indeed become an onerous task to explain because instead of politicians addressing issues and how they intend to help the economy to do better they are busy dwelling on personalities.

“Sometimes we wonder if our politicians are bothered by the current price of crude in the international market as against what it was sold for few months ago! Could it be that politicians have forgotten that oil is the mainstay of the economy for now?