Fuel scarcity resurfaces in Ilorin as marketers hike price

Date: 2022-12-01

Another round of fuel scarcity has resurfaced in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

DAILY POST reports that the scarcity was noticed about two days ago amid long queues of motorists in a few fuel stations with the product.

Recall that the last fuel scarcity in Ilorin occurred following the crisis of leadership within the Petrol Tanker Drivers Union of Oke-Ogun, Saki, in Oyo State which led to disruption in the supply of fuel to Kwara State.

Efforts to reach officials of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Ilorin on Wednesday proved abortive.

Some of the filling stations owned by independent marketers now sell the product at between N220, N230, N250 or N280 per litre.

The major marketers, however, have retained the official pump price of N190 or N195 per litre though without a stable supply of the product.

Black marketers of the product have also capitalised on the scarcity to return to their usual business.

From the Maraba axis to Zango-Kulende area of the Ilorin metropolis, gallons are displayed along the road to announce the availability of the product by hawkers though at a high cost.

A four-litre gallon of petrol is sold at between N1,600 or N1,800, translating to N400 per litre.

A dealer of one of the TotalEnergies filling stations in Ilorin who confided in our correspondent disclosed that the scarcity was caused by low supply from Lagos depot.

In another reaction, an independent marketer, Tajudeen Balogun of Ara-Oje filling station, Abdulazeez Attah Road, Ilorin, said “since we don't refine our crude oil in the country but rely on importation there will always be a short supply of the product.”

He said until we put our house in order and do the needful, Nigeria will continue to face the perennial fuel crisis.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayo Adeyemi     Lithium Deposit     Rasaq Jimoh     Bello John Olanrewaju     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Kwara North     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Wahab Agbaje     Oyawoye     Aso-ofi     Funmilayo Mohammed     Budo-Egba     Lateef Alagbonsi     Babs Iwarere     Abubakar Atiku     Lai Gobir     Ayedun     Paul Odama     Abdulkadir Orire     Kwarareports     Nagode     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     N-Power     Abiodun Oyedepo     Dele Belgore     Tuesday Assayomo     Gani Saadu     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Aliyu Adebayo     Kolo     Awwal Jawondo     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Bursary     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Lai Mohammed     Funmilayo Oniwa     Maryam A. Garuba     Peter Obi     Olaiya Lawal     Joseph Offorjama     Igosun     KWASIEC     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ahmad Lawan     Sherif Sagaya     Ojo Fadumila     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     IHS     Ilota     Dairo Kunle Paul     Oyelere Oyinloye     Jide Oyinloye     Emir Of Ilorin     Mohammed Haruna     Abdulkareem Alabi     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Mope Dasuki Belgore     NYSC     Magaji Erubu     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     IPSAS     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Harrison Osauwagboe     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Rebecca Bake     Akanji     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Biliaminu Aliu     African Democratic Congress     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Shonga     Garba Dogo     Facebook     Alikinla     Tunji Ajanaku    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmed Idris Mohammed     SWAN     Facebook     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     JAAC     Micheal Imoudu     Kemi Adeosun     Baba Issa     Michael Ologundea     Mazars Consulting     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Bankole Omisore     Aliyu U. Tilde     Iyabo Adewuyi     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Tunde Akanbi     Aliyu Muhammed     Kwara State University Of Education     Saidu Isa     Agbarere     Olayinka Olaogun     Tsaragi     Ronke Adeyemi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Nigerian Army     Gbugbu International Market     Kumbi Titiloye     Hausa     Sarah Jubril     IQRA College     Harmony Holdings     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ibrahim Bio     Ojuekun Sarumi     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Kwha.gov.ng     Jumoke Gafar     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     GGDSS Pakata     Owode Market     Saba Jibril     Yakub Ali-Agan     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Sunday Fagbemi     Oyawoye     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Tsaragi-Share     Opobiyi     Chief Imam Of Offa     Bashir Adigun     CACOVID Palliatives     Moses Adekanye     Sulyman Tejidini     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Aminat Ahmed     Bureau Of Lands     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Bolakale Kawu     Dasuki Belgore     NNPP     Michael Nzwekwe     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Dumagi     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Modibbo Kawu     Peter Amogbonjaye     Garba Idris Ajia     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Saka Aleshinloye     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Amuda Bembe     IsDB     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen