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Lai Mohammed, the minister of information, on Monday, December 21, has blamed former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for the present fuel queues being experienced across the country.
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The minister made this known when he spoke to reporters shortly after the end of Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja.
He said that Jonathan’s government failed to make provision for fuel subsidy as far back as August 2014,The Nation reports.
Mohammed attributed the current scarcity to poor distribution of the product as he explained that fuel is available.
“ What 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 being very serious. You remember that about two weeks ago, we had to go to the National Assembly for a supplementary budget of N674 billion.
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“Of that figure, N522 billion was for arrears of fuel subsidy which was incurred as far back as August last year. One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity was the inability of the last government to make adequate provision for fuel subsidy.
“We do face some other logistic problems but majorly we are paying for the sins of the last administration ,” the minister said.
Meanwhile, the federal government had ordered for special petrol supply to cushion the effects of the scarcity Nigerians are currently witnessing across the country .
Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, order was given to the Pipeline Products Marketing Company (PPMC) for them to embark on special supply intervention measures to ensure country-wide availability of product ahead of the yuletide and beyond.
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