Black entrepreneurs have relocated to the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Company Headquarters, Abuja, promoting gas to motorists reverse the towers at exorbitant costs and in brazen style.
SaharaReporters noticed on Friday that the black entrepreneurs, holding kegs of gas and a brief rubber pipe, promote 10 litres of gas for as excessive as N4000.
As the 2 filling stations reverse the NNPC Towers have been locked as of the time of go to, the black entrepreneurs are profiting from the gas shortage within the space and waylay determined motorists.
“The gas shortage in Abuja has not fully subsided. Some filling stations are nonetheless both locked or refusing to promote due to some anticipated worth increment. The black entrepreneurs are throughout on each main street. They promote N200 and N300 per litre. They promote in entrance of NNPC Towers additionally. I purchased 15 litres for N4000 yesterday,” a motorist, Hassan Jameel, stated.
SaharaReporters had, on March 3, reported that black entrepreneurs hit main roads within the FCT, profiting from the biting gas shortage to promote gas at outrageous costs.
SaharaReporters noticed that the black entrepreneurs function in densely populated areas corresponding to Kubwa, Mpape, Gwarinpa, Nyanya, Asokoro and Lugbe Gwagwalada areas, primarily within the early mornings and evenings, promoting adulterated gas to determined consumers.
The gas queues had worsened following the shutdown of many filling stations amid heightened expectations of a rise within the product’s pump worth.
Some motorists had advised SaharaReporters that their troubles in getting gas from the stations compelled them to patronise the black entrepreneurs.
“We’ve not been suggested of any enhance in petrol worth. Many filling stations usually are not promoting petrol, maybe as a result of they’ve run out of inventory or they’re hoarding the product in anticipation of worth enhance,” the Nationwide Operation Controller, Unbiased Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria, Mr Mike Osatuyi, had stated.
Afterward March 12, the Federal Authorities stated it authorized an upward evaluation of petrol worth to N212 per litre.
In its template launched on March 12, the Petroleum Merchandise Pricing Regulatory Company revealed {that a} litre of gas would now be bought for costs starting from N209 to N212 per litre.
This was towards N186; the essential commodity retailed for in February.
The PPPRA stated the touchdown value of petrol in March can be N189.61 per litre as towards N163.74 in February.
