Fuel Scarcity Bites Harder In Sokoto

Fuel scarcity is biting harder in Sokoto with most filling stations sealed days after NUPENG suspended its warning strike.

Many of the stations owned by independent marketers are noted to open only at night during which they sell the commodity at N180-N200 per litre.

According to Daily Trust report, only very few stations belonging to the major marketers are selling fuel and they are characterized by very long queues.

Black marketers sell a four-litre gallon between N1, 200 and N1, 800.

Members of the public have continued to lament the situation which they said was affecting their socio economic activities and causing untold hardship to them.

They called on relevant authorities to ensure normalcy was restored to fuel situation in the state.

Meanwhile ,Sokoto state Commerce Commissioner, Aminu Bello has  warned  that the state government would shut any filling station which  refused to reopen and sell the commodity to the motorists.

Commenting on the prevailing situation, Operations Controller, Department of Petroleum Resources ( DPR)in charge of Sokoto State, Mohammed Makera, said  efforts were on ensure to redress the situation.

” We are enforcing the government approved pump price in both Sokoto and Kebbi states,” he stated.

According to him, 30 trucks of petrol were distributed across Sokoto state on last Monday and six distributed on Tuesday in Sokoto city alone.