BREAKING: Fuel Price Rises as All Filling Stations in Nsukka Shut Down
It was also gathered that the few filling stations still operating are selling between N800 and N900 per litre at the moment.
It was also gathered that the few filling stations still operating are selling between N800 and N900 per litre at the moment.
The association accused Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration of overtaxing its members, clamping down on their businesses, and arresting them.
The National Vice Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Hammed Fashola, denied being in the know of the lingering queues in the state.
The government set up a committee to liaise with organized labour, but officials of the Trade Union Congress and the NLC though said the committee had failed to engage labour in a dialogue.
The State Head of Service, Mrs. Susan Modupe Oluwole, announced the directive in Ilorin, saying that the state government approved the reduction as a temporary palliative measure to bring some ease to workers.
“It is a tough and painful decision to make, but certainly the right step towards the right direction, to saving not just a few but the entire nation, to restoring the glory of Nigeria as the leader of Africa,” he said.
Figures in the document indicated that while the cost of petrol in Borno State was put at N557 per litre, the prices in Lagos, Abuja, Enugu and Ekiti were outlined as N488 per litre, N537 per litre, N520 per litre, and N500 per litre respectively
It will be recalled that the NSCDC Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’s SIS) has intensified efforts in a pragmatic approach against those behind the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
The arrest was made known via the NSCDC’s official website on Saturday.