Umuahia Fuel price Per Litre is N200

Some autonomous Fuel Station in Umuahia are selling petrol for between N170 and N200 per litre even as the hike is petroleum products bites harder

Meanwhile, at the illegal oil markets at strategic points in the Abia state capital, the commodity sells for N300 per litre.

A reporter attached to TheNews.NG, who observed the situation in the area, reports that the few petrol stations selling the commodity at the approved pump price of N87 per litre are attracting long queues of vehicles as intending customers wait patiently for their turns to buy the commodity.

However, transport fare in the area has jumped by between 80 per cent and 100 per cent, depending on the distance, thereby forcing many commuters to resort to walking long distances.

the NNPC mega station sited on the Umuahia end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, A large number of travellers and motorcyclists could be seen waiting to buy the product at the government-controlled price.

A cross-section of the customers, who spoke with NAN, described the seeming scarcity as disturbing and a situation not expected during President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration.

Augustine Okoronkwo, Steve Ahamefule, and Jenarius Ezeru, who claimed to have spent two days on the queue waiting to buy the commodity but to no avail, said that the situation had caused untold hardship to motorists.

They, therefore, called on President Buhari to take urgent steps towards ensuring the availability of the commodity before the Christmas season.

The Retail Sells Representative at the NNPC mega station, Mr Sampson Ene, told NAN that the station had enough storage, but expressed concern about what he called ‘’the disorderliness by some prospective customers.”