Inhabitants of Awka, the capital of Anambra State have described
the high prices of kerosene in the State, following the scarcity of the
product, reports NaijaAgroNet.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey showed that the
product was being sold at between N110 and N140 per liter as against
the official pump price of N50 sold at the NNPC Mega Station in Awka.
Some attendants at independent filling stations visited said the
high cost of kerosene was due to non-availability of the product
to dealers.
Ifeanyi Nwamuo, an attendant with Total Filling Station at Ukwuoji, Awka, said that the product had
not been supplied to the station in many months.
He said that the process of getting the product was hard and
that failed attempts to secure supply had compelled their station to
stop the procurement of kerosene.
Tina Nwaegbo, a private dealer also attributed the high cost of
the commodity in Awka to the means of procurement and the
large-scale bribery before getting the product.
Ms. Nwaegbo said that dealers needed to recover their expenses
after procurement and that it was the end users who would bear the cost.
She said that the Federal Government should make the business policy
easy so as to eliminate third parties involved in kerosene procurement.
The NNPC Mega Station Manager in Awka, Ngozi Onyiliofor, said
the station had been selling the product to the public at the
approved pump price of 50k per liter.
Her colleague, Florence Nwaokoye, said that the supply of the
product to station had been steady, compared to previous months when
kerosene was out of supply in Awka and environs.
She urged the government to ensure availability of the product
this season, to facilitate the celebration of Christmas.
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