Abuja residents still suffer as fuel scarcity persists
The Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is still suffering from incessant scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol.
Only on Saturday, some fuel stations remain shut for lack of the product, wbile some of the stations along Zuba are selling above N250 per litre, a development that has made transportation difficult for residents.
Also, long queue continued to be seen in most fuel stations in the territory, which further compounded the situation as motorists engage in panic buying.
According to the Federal Government, the queue which resurfaced two weeks ago was caused by the flooding situation which made roads in Lokoja, Kogi State, impassable.
Many civil servants and other commuters were stranded on Friday as there was no vehicle to board.
The development also led to an obvious hike in fare, worsening the hardship already imposed on residents by the economic reality of the Giant of Africa.
Mary Achingwa, who works with the Federal Radio Corporation, said she spends triple of her usual fare to go to her work place everyday since the queue resurfaced early this month.
According to her, “Things are just getting harder every day. We were complaining that transport fare is very expensive in Abuja not knowing that the worst was coming.
“Since this fuel crisis started, we spend triple of what we used to spend before reaching our places of work and this is so discouraging. The worst is that the price of everything increases day by day while salary remains the same”.
Indications are that from Dutse Alhaji to Area 1 which was hitherto N300, is currently N500 and above, while Dei-Dei to Berger and Wuse which used to be N300 and N400 is now from N500 and above.
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