APC chieftain begs Tinubu to end incessant fuel scarcity

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon Olatunbosun Oyintiloye has charged President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to without further delay intervene in the purchasing and distribution of fuel and curb the reoccurring scarcity of petrol in the country.

Oyintiloye said that the president’s interventions was needed due to the suffering Nigerians were facing on monthly basis due to fuel scarcity.

The APC chieftain while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that Nigerians had hoped scarcity of fuel had ended after subsidy on the product was removed by the Federal Government.

Oyintiloye, however, said that rather than for the situation to be improved, fuel situation had become worse off, with Nigerians passing through untold hardship to get the product at a very high price.

He appealed to the president to beam a searchlight into the activities of Nigerian Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in order to unravel the root cause of the persistent fuel scarcity.

Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council, said while Nigerians were struggling to survive the ongoing economic hardship, inadequate fuel supply should not be added to already tensed situation.

“In recent months, Nigerians have been having it tough getting petroleum products at filling stations across the country.

”I want to appeal with the president to come to the rescue of Nigerians who are passing through untold hardship due to fuel scarcity.

”Fuel scarcity is now becoming a normal routine of daily lives in Nigeria and which suppose not to be.

”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”, he said

Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker also urged the president to do everything humanly possible to revamp refineries in the country.

He said if the four Nigerian refineries could be revamped, fuel scarcity would be a thing of the past.

Oyintiloye said that the burden on the shoulders of the masses were becoming unbearable, hence the need for the president’s urgent intervention.