As far as the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed is concerned, the persistent fuel scarcity across the country is the fault of former President Goodluck Jonathan, petroleum products marketers and pipeline vandals.
He said that Nigerians are paying for the sins of the Jonathan administration by suffering persistent fuel scarcity.
“What I will be telling Nigerians is that what we met on ground is such that we are paying for the sins of the last administration. I am being very serious.
“You remember that about two weeks ago, we had to go to the National Assembly for a supplementary budget of N674 billion.
“Of that figure, N522 billion was for arrears of fuel subsidy which was incurred as far back as August last year.
“One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity was the inability of the last government to make adequate provision for fuel subsidy.
“We do face some other logistic problems but majorly we are paying for the sins of the last administration.
“If you see any fuel anywhere today, it is imported by the NNPC. We also inherited the vandalism of the pipeline which has made it impossible for us to even transport the fuel.
“In tanks today we have 14 days reserve and off tank, we have 10 days reserve.
“The issue is not non-availability of the product; it is the distribution. Because of pipelines that have been vandalised and the gridlock in Lagos, it takes about five days for anybody to take fuel with tanker in Lagos.
“As at two days ago this matter has been resolved. The Mosinmi pipeline has been secured and it has led to the improvement in the distribution,’’ he said.
He pointed out that Buhari has been taking measures to right the wrongs of the last administration.
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