Panic as Queues Return to Petrol Stations After President’s Announcement

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By Dipo Olowookere

Nigerians may have to undergo another round of hardship as queues returned to petrol stations on Monday shortly after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy.

Mr Tinubu was sworn-in as the 16th President of Nigeria today after the tenure of Mr Muhammadu Buhari expired.

During his inaugural speech, the new leader of the country emphatically said the regime of the federal government paying to make Nigerians get the product at a cheaper price was gone.

This caused some consumers to rush to the filling stations to buy petrol at the current official price of N184 per litre.

Due to this panic buying, several queues were witnessed by Business Post at some of the petrol stations selling the product in Lagos.

It was observed that in a few places where petrol was being dispensed to customers, motorists formed long queues, while those buying in Jerry cans flooded fuel pumps.

As of the time of filing this report, some of the petrol stations earlier selling to customers have stopped dispensing the product.

Some of the consumers who spoke with this newspaper blamed Mr Tinubu for the situation, saying he was not supposed to announce the subsidy removal on his first day in office.

They claimed his statement was vague as it did not specify when the subsidy would be removed, giving oil marketers the opportunity to hoard the product to monitor the market sentiment.

During his campaign, Mr Tinubu said his administration would remove petrol subsidy to free up funds to stimulate the economy.

At his inauguration today, the President said, We commend the decision of the outgoing administration in phasing out the petrol subsidy regime which has increasingly favoured the rich more than the poor.

“Subsidy can no longer justify its ever-increasing costs in the wake of drying resources. We shall instead re-channel the funds into better investment in public infrastructure, education, health care and jobs that will materially improve the lives of millions.”

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