The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has again condemned the federal government over its nonchalant attitude towards ending the fuel scarcity being experienced across the country, calling for immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari as the minister of petroleum.

Motorists in Lagos on Thursday lauded the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) for its intervention by compelling petrol dealers hoarding the product to dispense to motorists.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has blamed the current petroleum scarcity in the country on marketers of the product.

Some hairstylists in Lagos have increased the cost of hairdos due to the prevailing fuel scarcity being experienced in the metropolis.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused the federal government of deliberately causing the current scarcity of fuel in the country so as to be able to justify the planned increment of petrol pump price from N145 to N185 per litre.

Many motorists spent the night at filling stations in Jos queuing  for petrol as the fuel scarcity bites harder in the Plateau State capital.

Disturbed by the continued loss of man hours as a result of the lingering fuel scarcity in most parts of the country, the Petroleum Tanker Drivers PTD branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers NUPENG, has expressed a renewed commitment to ending the menace.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has directed private depots with petroleum products to give priority to Lagos State in the distribution to end scarcity in the state.

THE Federal Government Wednesday gave the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu and the Group Managing Director, GMD of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru the matching order to clear the queues in filling stations in the country before weekend.

As the fuel scarcity noticed Monday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, spread to Lagos, yesterday, the Senate has summoned the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Maikanti Baru, to appear before its Committee on Petroleum Downstream tomorrow, after failing to appear before it  yesterday.

The Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream says plans have been concluded for it to conduct nationwide inspection of filling stations over recent fears of fuel scarcity in the country.

OIL marketers, yesterday, blamed the Federal Government’s policies for the dwindling importation of petroleum products as well as low operations in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC activities in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its neighbouring states may be grounded in the next two weeks as the leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers. NUPENG has threatened to withdraw its services over the non payment of N3 billion severance package to the sacked workers by Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON

SOCIO-ECONOMIC activities in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its neighbouring states may be grounded in the next two weeks as the leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers.

PETROLEUM Tanker Drivers, PTD, branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday threatened to begin a nationwide indefinite strike from Monday, cutting off fuel supplies across the country over poor working conditions.