A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has called on the Federal Government to do something urgently to ease the current hardship being faced by Nigerians as occasioned by non- availability of petroleum products in filling stations across the country.
Ajadi in a statement made available to Sunday Telegraph said, what President Bola Tinubu promised Nigerians when he assumed office last year was that with the removal of fuel subsidy, there would no longer be scarcity of fuel, but noted that Nigerians have seen that the President has failed to keep to his promise.
Ajadi said when Nigerians were complaining about poor power supply nine years ago, during the early days of Muhammadu Buhari as President, Tinubu begged Nigerians that APC was just assuming office and that incessant electricity supply would be a thing of the past.
“However, nine years after, with Bola Tinubu as president, the electricity supply is still low or non available in many parts the country.
“To make it worse, people cannot get petroleum products to buy, even when they are ready to cough out their hard- earned money to buy it.
“What this means is that the All Progressives Congress, ( APC) that had been blaming the People’s Democratic party, (PDP) for the woes of the country, has also failed Nigerians after nine years in power.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must, as the Minister of Petroleum, find solution to the current non- availability of fuel in the country.
“It is sad that we are witnessing scarcity of petroleum now that Nigerians are celebrating little reduction in the prices of foodstuffs.
“The little gain we have recorded will evaporate soon and we will back to square one, due to high cost of transportation as a result of non-availability of petroleum products.
“The President needs to investigate the activities of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited, and if possible, sanction whoever that caused this current scarcity.
“We cannot continue like this as a country and the President needs to summon courage and find lasting solution to the perennial fuel scarcity in many parts of the country.
“What is currently happening should be looked into beyond politics. Former Presidents and other statesmen should also come out to proffer solutions”, Ajadi said.