On Tuesday, several gas stations were closed, causing vehicles to wait in long lines at the few locations in Abuja and the surrounding states that still sold Premium Motor Spirit, also known as gasoline.
After a gap of roughly a month, gasoline shortages returned on Tuesday in the Federal Capital Territory and its surroundings as drivers and other PMS users speculated about the impending end of fuel lines in Abuja.
Due to the warning strike called by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria’s Suleja Depot Branch, there was a shortage of gasoline on Tuesday and long lines as a result.
Monday marked the start of the three-day warning strike by the oil marketers, who prevented their members from transporting fuel from the depot to more than five northern states, including Abuja. This led to shortages on Tuesday.
The union’s members went on strike on Monday in opposition to the Federal Government’s ongoing bridging claim debt to oil marketers for the payment of fuel transportation charges.
According to Yahaya Alhassan, the chairman of the IPMAN Suleja Depot Branch, marketers had ceased supplying goods from the depot because the union had blocked trucks from transporting PMS to the northern states.
He claimed that until the Federal Government paid their outstanding bridging claims of N50.5 billion, marketers would cease providing their services.
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