Following fuel scarcity in Lagos, Abuja and other states three weeks ago, long queues have resurfaced at fuel stations on the streets of Lagos.
This is according to statements from residents who live in various areas of the state, according to Nairametrics.
According to a Lagosian, Uwaila Egbon, who said that over the weekend, he noticed a buildup of queues but did not pay any mind to it, however, he saw really long queues and crowds at fuel stations on Monday morning during his commute to work between Ikosi-Ketu to the Arepo area of New Lagos.
Jessica Inoni also confirms that a Mobil fuel station in her residential area sells fuel for as high as N200 per litre. According to her, the scarcity is already making traders have to commute to sell their wares, to increase the prices of their goods.
Gabriel Kolawole relayed his account, that there are fuel queues in Iju-shaga and fuel is sold at many fuel stations for N195. According to him, residents in the area are surprised to find that long queues are back and many do not know how to handle the budding crisis.
These amongst other residents’ eyewitness accounts as reported by Nairametrics reveal that fuel scarcity has once again crept into the Mega city.
Also, the National Bureau of Statistics recently released the multidimensional poverty report which puts Nigeria’s poverty index at 0.257, with about 133 million people being multidimensionally poor.
Factors such as healthcare, food insecurity, education, nutrition, and access to cooking fuel were metrics used the most to arrive at the national poverty index.
According to the NBS, over half of the Nigerian populace is multidimensionally poor and deprived of cooking fuel.
