Tag: Fuel Scarcity
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NNPC staff cancel Christmas holiday to clear fuel scarcity saga
Staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), have cancelled their Christmas holiday, in a bid to ensure the lingering fuel scarcity is curtailed. This was revealed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad. Ahmad tweeted on Saturday night: “Had a long conversation with the GMD @NNPCgroup, @DrMKBaru earlier, so many…
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Fuel scarcity: Go on your knees, beg God to save Nigeria from APC – Secondus tells Nigerians
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus on Saturday in a special Christmas message advised Nigerians to use the yuletide to beg God to save the country from the ‘misrule’ of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) especially as the current fuel scarcity bites harder than expected. Secondus noted that…
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Nigerians groan, lambast Buhari-led govt over #Fuelscarcity
Nigerians have berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the recent fuel scarcity in the country. In several tweets, many of them berated him for keeping mute over the situation while others called for his resignation. They noted that the country has experienced series of #fuelscarcity since the advent of the current administration. [View the story “#fuelscarcity”…
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Fayose calls for Buhari’s resignation over fuel scarcity
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign over the “nonchalant attitude” of the Federal Government towards ending the fuel scarcity being experienced across the country. The governor said it was unfortunate that the fuel scarcity was biting harder under the watch of the president as the Minister of Petroleum. He…
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Blame Buhari, Kachikwu for lingering fuel scarcity — PDP tells Nigerians
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday blamed President Muhammadu Buhari who also doubles as Minister of Petroleum Resources and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu for the recurring fuel crisis currently experienced in the country. The opposition party in a statement on Friday signed by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan,…
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Fuel Scarcity: Succour as PENGASSAN suspends planned strike
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its planned nationwide strike scheduled to commence today. The decision to suspend the strike comes on the heels of the intervention of the Director of the State Security Service, SSS, Lawan Daura, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige and the…
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Fuel scarcity: Security, NNPC team discover 144 trucks in Kano
Security agents and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) monitoring team have discovered 144 trucks of petrol not streamed by some marketers in Kano. The NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division, Ndu Ughamadu, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Ughamadu stated that the team was set up to rapidly end petroleum…
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Fuel scarcity ends in 48 hours, Kachikwu assures Nigerians again
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, has assured Nigerians that the ongoing fuel scarcity will end in 48 hours. Kachikwu gave the assurance on Thursday while briefing members of the National Economic Council, NEC, comprising the governors and some ministers. The NEC is chaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, who also chaired…
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Fuel Scarcity: NASS cautions security personnel against shunting at filling stations
The National Assembly on Friday said security personnel were compounding the hardship being faced by motorists in getting petrol in the prevailing scarcity of the product across the country. The Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) made the allegation during the committee’s inspection tour of filling stations in the Federal Capital…
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Fuel scarcity: More worries as PENGASSAN threatens nationwide strike
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address injustice and lawlessness in the oil and gas sector companies or face a nationwide strike from December 18. The General Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Mr Lumumba Okugbawa,…