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Nigerians hardship brought about by the lingering fuel scarcity across the nation. 

as many were forced to spend long hours at fuel stations, thereby cutting down on the merriment and bliss of the Christmas season.

Besides the quality of petrol it is sold between N250 to N400 for a litre of petrol by the road side. Consequently, people had to spend up to 12 hours on the queue at a filling station to enable them get fuel at the official N145 per litre.

We must not forget that this is not new to us. “I see people make it seem like it is all about the president, Buhari. Let us not forget that in the past this always occurred during this season and I dare say, some even worse than what we are facing now.

We always seem to forget too easily. My disappointment with this government is that despite all its promises, it still allowed this situation to persist. We were thinking that with all the assurances it gave us, this kind of experience would remain in the past, but what we are experiencing right now is a real shame

The agony of motorists and commuters continues in Ilorin metropolis, the Kwara State capital, and other parts of the state like Offa, Ajase Ipo, Omu-Aran, Omupo and Idofian, as only a few filling stations are dispensing fuel.
Only NNPC mega station and retail outlets along Asa Dam road, have regular supplies to sell. Same goes for Bovas filing stations along Fate and Offa Garage Roads.
It began as a joke; we thought it would end quickly. But here we are, nobody knows when we will be out of the problem.
A major fall out of the fuel scarcity in Jos is the December 15 tanker explosion at a filling station in the tin city. One of the five tankers waiting to off load their content unexpectedly exploded.
Three of the tankers were completely burnt and the remaining two partly burnt.
Two lives were lost in the inferno.
A Port Harcourt commercial driver, Onwuchekwa Precious, told The Nation that the situation was getting unbearable for him.
Things are so bad; the pain is unbearable. Sometimes I sleep at petrol stations to be able to get fuel to do my business. Christmas did not go as planned at all because since the fuel scarcity started, the price of almost everything has gone up. Times are very hard, I must confess.
Mr Sefiu Olabisi, said: “It is so bad we are ending this beautiful month on this note. I normally pay N4,500 for a bus ride from Port Harcourt to Lagos, but it suddenly went up to N10,000.”

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