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The Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed on Sunday said the
federal government was doing everything within its powers to alleviate
the hardship inflicted by fuel scarcity and epileptic power supply.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday
Politics, Mohammed empathized with Nigerians on the pains they have gone
through over the last one month.
He said “I have said it on many fora that the government is keenly
aware of the hardship and difficulties Nigerians have gone through in
the last couple of weeks and we do empathize with them.
“Not only do we empathize with them but we appreciate their
perseverance and we have also been working round the clock to ensure
that we are able to bring the situation back to normal,” he said.
He stated further that the efforts so far made by the federal
government have paid off as the fuel situation was gradually being
normalized with cargoes of refined product being discharged in major
cities across the country.
In addition, the Warri refinery, according to the Minister of
Information has since been working and has 19 million litres of the
product, helping to put the quantity of product in the reserve to 430
million litres.
“As from tomorrow (Today) we are going to deploy 1,300 trucks all
over Nigeria to ensure that the fuel situation gets much better,” he
said, expressing confidence that this quantity being distributed daily
would put an end to the fuel scarcity.
“We empathize with Nigerians, we salute their courage and
perseverance and I want to assure them that the change they voted for is
real, that change will come and that all the challenges we are facing
today are very temporary,”the Minister said.
He also said that the federal government plans to build modular refineries.
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