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Fuel scarcity bites harder in Gombe

Petrol scarcity is biting harder in Gombe State, where black marketers and fuel attendants have continued to rip off motorists and other consumers.

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A motorist fill his tank with fuel bought with a jerrycan to avoid long queues formed during a fuel shortage in Lagos and neighbouring Ogun State, on March 3, 2022. - Petroleum-producing nations are reaping extra revenue since Ukraine's crisis pushed global oil prices above $100 a barrel, but Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude producer, is struggling with fuel acarcities that are causing traffic snarks in Lagos and other cities. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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Petrol scarcity is biting harder in Gombe State, where black marketers and fuel attendants have continued to rip off motorists and other consumers.

The Guardian gathered, yesterday, that the agony of motorists, especially commercial vehicle drivers, increased by the day, as they are always on long queues, even at ‘closed’ filling stations, hoping to get the product.

According to our findings, some stations that have the product hoard it during the day for sale between midnight and 03:00 am.
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