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.

The country may be plunged into another round of excruciating fuel scarcity in the next couple of weeks, as oil marketers disclosed that they are running out of patience over the Federal Government’s refusal to pay its $1.7 billion debt owed oil marketers since May 2015.

Barely 24 hours after reports indicated the possibility of partial deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector, and days the country had a breather from scarcity, long queues have resurfaced at filling stations across the country, as most of them indulged in product hoarding ahead of the deregulation.

Nigerians have been expressing varied views and opinions on their plight during the recent fuel scarcity.