Fuel scarcity
Fuel queues return in parts of Lagos, as filling stations hoard product
Fuel scarcity has returned to some parts of Lagos, as motor vehicles queue up in fairly long in some filling stations along Lagos Ibadan expressway, Ikorodu road, Ikoyi snd some areas in the mainland on Monday.
Visits to some filling stations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ikorodu road, Lagos Mainland, Obafemi Awolowo way, Ikoyi and Obalende; Lagos Island on Sunday evening and Monday morning showed that fuel queues had surfaced in many stations selling the product.
Some other fuel stations were shut due to hoarding.as they hope to gain by the scarcity.
There seems to be some level of anxiety and confusion generally in Lagos over the fuel scarcity.
The scarcity is said to be caused by increased demand for the product due to fears that the Federal Government may remove fuel subsidy soon.
The long queues at the filling stations which have been causing traffic in those locations seem to have persisted on Monday morning.
The Manager of one of the Enyo filling stations on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, who preferred anonymity, explained that his management decided to sell only N3,000 worth of fuel to each motorist on Sunday afternoon in order to manage the little fuel they have.
On why the station took such a decision, he said, “We were informed to do that because nobody knows the decision the Federal Government may take this week or soon. There is a tendency that the price may go up this week.