Fuel scarcity: Long queues in Abuja, Lagos will end on Thursday – Kachikwu

The Minister of Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu on Tuesday assured residents of Lagos and Abuja that the long queues being experienced will disappear by Thursday.

Kachikwu, who spoke when he visited the office of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, in Abuja, also added that the situation in Sokoto, Warri and Port Harcourt will improve by weekend.

The minister stated that efforts are ongoing to end the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.

“We have to take the right policies to see that things are done well,” he said.

“I hope that tomorrow being Thursday, queues in Abuja must have cleared. Hopefully the same thing will happen in Lagos. By weekend, we will see same in Sokoto, Port-Harcourt, Warri and others.”