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.

Convocation Ceremonies     Garba Idris Ajia     Coronavirus     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Samuel Adedoyin     Plat Technologies Limited     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Omoniyi Ayinla     GGDSS Pakata     Mohammed Saidu     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     2023 Elections     Yusuf Aiyedun     Saba Mamman Daniel     Mutawalle     Saad Omo\'ya     Harrison Osauwagboe     University Road     Saduki Lafiagi     Owode Market     Toyin Abdullahi     Kaiama     Jalala     Onikijipa     Babaloja-General     Paul Olawoore     Azeez Salawu     Pakata Patriots     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kwara 2023     Abubakar Lah     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Abdulazeez Arowona     Sobi     Post-utme     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Ramat Oganija     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     National Pilot     Kwara United     Femi Gbajabiamila     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Saliu Ajia     Lateef Fagbemi     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Umar Gunu     IEDPU     Emir Of Kano     Eghe Igbinehi     Ilorin West     SSA Youth     Ramadhan     CELF     Femi Oladiji     UNIFEMGA     Ayo Adeyemi     Mustapha Akanbi     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Amule     Isin     Usman Rifun     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     REO CAKES     Valsolar     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Cassava Growers\' Association     Trade Lenda SME Fair     AGF Abdulrazaq     LAK Jimoh     Eruku     Ahmad Lawan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwasu     Kazeem Oladepo     Emmanuel Bello     Ahman Patigi     Ayodele Shittu     Hassanat Bello     KwaraLearn     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Sarah Alade     Lanre Badmas     VADA     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Oniye     Kisira     GGDSS Pakata     HICA     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Buari Edun     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Unicontinental Construction Company     Akorede     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Ndama Al-hassan     Ibrahim Labaika     Cornelius Adebayo     Ayo Adeyemi     Oba Abu     Ariyo     Seun Bolaji     Sarkin Malamai     Gbenga Olawepo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Okanlawon Musa     Kunbi Titiloye     Sambo Murtala     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Logun     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Al-Hikmah University     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Elekoyangan     Abraham Ojo     Dogara     Egbewole     Daud Adeshola     Sulyman Buhari     Bola Shagaya     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Eghe Igbinehin     John Mayokun Dada     Donatus Ejidike     Turaki     Folashade Omoniyi     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Saka Keji     Omotoso Musa     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Omu Aran     Lotus Bank     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Roheemat Hammed     Abubakar Baba     Lanre Issa Onilu     Oluronke Adeyemi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Rafiu Olasile     Playing Host     Federal Road Maintenance Agency