End Fuel Scarcity, Nigerians Are Suffering – Ex-Lawmaker Urges President Tinubu

A former member of the Osun State House of Assembly, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has urged President Bola Tinubu to intervene in the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country with a view to ending it. Oyintiloye stated that Nigerians are already going through a lot of hardship and should not have to combine queuing at filing stations daily to buy fuel.

“In recent months, Nigerians have been having it tough getting petroleum products at filling stations across the country. I want to appeal to the president to come to the rescue of Nigerians who are passing through untold hardship due to fuel scarcity. It is now becoming a normal routine of daily lives in Nigeria, unfortunately,” Oyintiloye said.

“For the past few weeks now, Nigerians have been sleeping in filing stations across the country in a bid to get fuel for their businesses and vehicles. While many of the filing stations do not have the product, those who have it are selling at very exorbitant prices. Nigerians are passing through a lot, and that is why the president will have to intervene and put an end to the severe hardship people are passing through.”

In a statement signed on Sunday in Osogbo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said President Tinubu needs to come to terms with the suffering Nigerians are facing on a nearly monthly basis due to fuel scarcity. He noted that despite the removal of the fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, the situation has become worse, with Nigerians facing untold hardship to get the product at a very high price.

Oyintiloye appealed to the president to beam a searchlight into the activities of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to unravel the root cause of the persistent fuel scarcity. He described the situation as becoming a normal routine of daily lives in Nigeria, with Nigerians sleeping in filing stations across the country in a bid to get fuel for their businesses and vehicles.

The former lawmaker further disclosed that if the four Nigerian refineries could be revamped, fuel scarcity would be a thing of the past. He emphasized that the burden on the shoulders of the masses is becoming unbearable, hence the need for the president’s urgent intervention.