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PENGASSAN Blames Outdated Distribution for Fuel Queues
At the 2024 PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit in Abuja, Mr. Festus Osifo, President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Association of Nigeria, highlighted the reasons behind the persistent fuel queues at filling stations. Osifo pointed to weak and outdated distribution chains in the oil and gas sector as a major cause.
He explained that Nigeria’s reliance on a single importation point and truck-based distribution is inadequate for its large population, leading to recurring fuel shortages. Additionally, he cited bad roads and flooding as factors exacerbating fuel scarcity.
Osifo also addressed the high cost of local production, which is 15-20% higher than global standards, partly due to the security burdens faced by oil and gas companies. He urged the government to assume security responsibilities from investors and strengthen laws against oil theft to reduce production costs and improve industry integrity. Without these changes, he warned, Nigeria will continue to face fuel distribution challenges.
Nigerian pastor and overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, addresses and reacts to the current happenings of the country regarding the kidnapping and the abductions.
The pastor urges the government on steps they can take to solve and help the people of the country. “The Nigerian government has a clear and urgent duty to protect these Middle Belt communities, who have carried the weight of violence for far too long.”
“Rather than play the ostrich and cover up clear terrorism as mere farmer-herder clashes, the Nigerian state has a responsibility to invade the camps of armed marauders who hide under the cloak of herdsmen of whatever ethnicity, and who invade defenceless communities and gleefully massacre unarmed men, women and children.”
US President Donald Trump criticizes the Nigeria government once again after the increase of insecurity over the past few days. The president stated that the government is failing to protect Christian communities from the attacks going on.
“Nigeria is a disgrace. The whole thing is a disgrace,” Trump said. “They’re killing people by the thousands. It’s a genocide, and I’m really angry about it. And we pay, you know, we give a lot of subsidies to Nigeria. We’re going to end up stopping.”
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar speaks out against the rising insecurity in the country. He urged the government to take action and claimed that it is not too late to declare a state of emergency.
He reacted after another news of abduction of students was announced on the 21st of November.
“How many more lives must be shattered before decisive action is taken? It is not too late for the government to finally declare a state of emergency on insecurity and confront this menace with the urgency it deserves.”
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