Fuel Scarcity Hits Harder in Kaduna

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As fuel scarcity continues to bite harder in Kaduna, civil servantsĀ are finding it difficult to get to work in time due to hike in transport fares and fewer vehicles plying the roads.

Some of the civil servants and commercial drivers said in separate interviews that the situation was gradually becoming harrowing and intolerable.

One of the workers, Ms Ruth Adamu,Ā said it was no longer possible to get to work on time.

ā€œI left home early so I can get a bus that will take me to town, but unfortunately, I had to wait for 45 minutes before I could get one.

ā€œThere are fewĀ vehiclesĀ plying the road as a result of the persistent fuel scarcity and this has led to increase in intra-city transport fare.

ā€œI normally pay N80 for myĀ transport but today,Ā  I had to pay N150,ā€ she said.

Another civil servant,Ā Malam Aminu Isah, expressed displeasure over the development, statingĀ  thatĀ  the situation was going ā€œfrom bad to worse.’’

ā€œAs you can see, most of usĀ waiting for public vehicles are civil servants,Ā we don’t own private cars as such we use public transport to go to work,ā€ he said.

A commercial driver,Ā Malam Hamza Iliyasu, also expressed disappointmentĀ on the prevailing fuel situation in the city, saying it was getting out of control.

ā€œMost public transport drivers have either parked their cars or are on queue waiting to get fuel, that is why you can only find few commercialĀ vehicles on the road,ā€ he said.

AnotherĀ commercial driver, MrĀ Izzy Chigbu, said that the long queues drivers had to go through daily was ā€œstressful and dangerousā€ to their health.

ā€œSome drivers sleep at filling stations to be able to obtain fuelĀ with which to work. I am supposed to be on the road conveying passengers to their various destinations, but here I am waiting on a queue since dawn.

ā€œWith the way things are going, I don’t thinkĀ I will get fuel any time soon,ā€ he said.

Chigbu appealed toĀ the Federal Governments to take decisive measures that would permanently tackle problems of fuel supply in the country

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