FG lying to Nigerians on fuel scarcity -APC

    
The All Progressives Congress has urged the Federal Government to level up with Nigerians on the reasons for the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country which the party noted “has further compounded the pains inflicted on the citizens by an incompetent government.”

In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the fact that the scarcity had persisted had put a lie to the government’s “well-worn line” that the long queues at filling stations were caused by panic buying.

It said the queues that had been witnessed in Lagos and other major cities in recent days were the “longest and the most chaotic in Nigeria in recent years, and have shown that the situation is not just due to panic buying but a consequence of a more serious problem.”

APC said, “The truth is that ordinary Nigerians are suffering the consequences of the runway corruption in our country’s oil sector, much as the government would want the citizens to believe otherwise. With huge funds unaccounted for by the NNPC, the so-called subsidy shrouded in secrecy, and those who robbed the nation blind  under the guise of fuel subsidy walking free, it was just a matter of time for the country to witness the kind of scarcity that has now grounded socio-economic activities across the land.

”We know that this Federal Government lacks credibility and has consistently lied to Nigerians on various issues affecting them, and we urge it to come clean for once on the reasons for this fuel scarcity and also step up efforts to end it.

“Coming at a time that power supply is at the worst and Nigerians rely on their electricity generators to stave off darkness and heat, it is downright cruel and totally inexplicable that the government will compound the monumental suffering of the people by its inability to provide fuel which they need to power their generators.

“Furthermore, hapless commuters are paying exorbitant fares to move from one point to another.”