The Fuel Scarcity In Nigeria, Why Now?

How would you remember President Goodluck Jonathan's administration, apart from Boko Haram and Chibok girls abduction? Petrol and fuel shortage hitting the country very hard like one had never imagined nor experienced! The fuel shortage is so severe that businesses and services have come to a standstill. Lives are being lost in hospitals, schools and airports have cancelled their schedules till there is normalcy with the fuel situation.

Nigeria is known to be one of the oil producing countries in the world, yet is faced with electric disruptions which has been going on for decades. What baffles me is that the whole country is affected, from Abuja to Lagos, everyone has a woeful tale to tell with regards to the petrol saga. Did the present administration not see this coming!

It is being reported by BBC that Nigeria has dilapidated refineries and arrears amounting to a billion in Naira. Come 29th May,2015, the new administration of Buhari / Osibajo will have inherited piles of problems from the previous administration. We all look forward in seeing how they would resolve some of the problems faced by Nigerians and Nigeria as a country.

Trust Nigerians, they are resilient and can make light out of a dire situation - but to those who are really struggling to cope, my sympathy.

If you are affected by the fuel shortage, how bad is it in your area?

God bless Nigeria