Skip to main content

Lai Mohammed Blamed Current Fuel Crisis On Jonathan

The federal government has blamed the lingering fuel scarcity in the country on the “sins” of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Addressing state house correspondents at the end of the federal executive council (FEC) meeting on Monday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said the immediate past government failed to make adequate provision for fuel subsidy. He added that pipelines that were vandalisation of pipelines under Jonathan made it impossible for fuel to be transported to different distribution points in the country. “One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity is the inability of the last government to make inadequate provision for fuel subsidy,” he said. “We do face some other logistic problems but majorly, we are paying for the sins of the last administration. “I will be telling Nigerians is that what we met on ground is such that we are paying for the sins of the last administration. I am very serious. You remember that about two weeks ago, we had to go to the national assembly for a supplementary budget of N674 billion. “Of that figure, N522billion was for arrears of fuel subsidy which was incurred as far back as August last year. “The solution is what you have seen us doing.
The first thing we have done now is to make sure that unlike before when the marketers used to import the major percentage of the fuel. NNPC has been involved in importation, because some of the marketers had stopped importing for a couple of months. “If you see fuel anywhere today, it is imported by the NNPC. In tanks today we have 14 days reserve and off tank we have 10 days reserve. “The issue is not non-availability of the product it is the distribution, because of pipelines that have been vandalized. We also inherited the vandalisation of the pipelines which has made it impossible for us to even transport the fuel. “As at two days ago this matter has been resolved. The Mosinmi pipeline has been secured and it has lead to the improvement in the distribution.”

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

MISS EDEMAYA BEAUTY PAGEANT 2013

EdemAya, a community so rich in mineral resources, and one of the five clans that make up the present day Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria is hosting the world on the 29 th of March 2013. As we gathered from the head of the organizing group, Miss Precious Dominic Akpan, the event is scheduled to take place at the Cooperative Hall, Ikot Ubo Akama, Edemaya in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Three beauties are to emerge from the event which promises to be the first ever organized pageant. The Eligibility Form which are currently on sale for a token of N 2,000 will qualify the contestants to struggle for Miss EdemAya, Miss Democracy of EdemAya and Miss Culture & Tourism of EdemAya. The screening and training of the contestants commences on 25 th through 28 th of March 2013. We have been reliably informed that the event will parade ‘who is who’ in the music industry in Akwa Ibom State and a popular reggae artist from Delta State. Imagine the sque...

Snoop Lion Excommunicated From The Rastafari Community

Snoop Lion excommunicated from the Rastafari Community, according to Bunny Wailer! Bunny has always had his doubts about  Snoop Lion ‘s intent and now his skepticism has taken an even stronger stance, that of excommunication. The news was broken via his  Facebook  profile and via  press release . Recently Snoop Lion has struggled to convince the Rastafari and Reggae community that he is sincere about his profession of, and transition to the faith, principles and beliefs of Rastafari. Most doubtful is Bunny Wailer the only living member of the original Wailer. ‘ Excommunication is a religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it. Some groups use the term disfellowship instead, ‘ stated Bunny’s official release. With that said, this would surely deprive Snoop Lion from direct contact to some elders within the Rastafarian community also, access to vital information and place of wo...

VIDEO: Two Girls Stripped In Public For Stealing Brazilian Hair

These two young girls were stripped naked in public by a shop owner after they were caught stealing  Brazilian hair . According to information gathered, these girls entered  the shop  as if they were interested in purchasing something. One of the girl’s intentionally decided to engage the owner in a conversation by asking lot of questions on the types of  Brazilian  hairs at the store and then the other girl was busy stealing Brazilian hairs. Watch the video  below: