Artificial scarcity of fuel in Umuahia

Fuel scarcity paralyses Umuahia:

“Investigations by Vanguard showed that petroleum marketers in the city were creating artificial scarcity, as they only sell at night at inflated prices of between N85 and N120.” By Anayo Okoli

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/29/fuel-scarcity-paralyses-umuahia/

There is an official connivance any time when fuel scarcity occurs. People are making profit through official mandate. It means PPRA has been bribed and the State government is comfortable with it. PPRA must pretend not to be watching. It means failing the nation so that the cabals of the Nigerian economy can enjoy a free market at the expense of the powerless economic slaves. Do we have a government that cares for the people? This is God’s own State where God will do it after all.

In Maiduguri 2,000 Km from the coast, there is no queue because the government is working by insisting that all the agencies are closely monitored and supervised and black market rate is as low as 70-80 naira/litre. The South-East is a big question mark. It is a clear sign of what a deregulated regime will bring because it will be gangsterism and confusion. The Umuahia saga should not happen in a regulated system where laws are expected to be obeyed, and in a deregulated system, you expect PPRA to do anything to protect Nigerians from profiteering. Shame to us who cannot look after ourselves.