Fuel stations owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) have hiked the fuel price to over N850 per liter. This has led to a sudden increase in transport fares while long queues are back in fuel stations across the major cities in Nigeria.
Some commuters revealed that the fares they paid while leaving their homes for work in the morning doubled in the afternoon, leaving them stranded. The commuters, who expressed frustration at the development, called for immediate government intervention in the interest of poor Nigerians.
Miss Amina Yusuf, a clerk, said: “I paid N1,000 from my house in Gudu to Garki where I work, only to leave work now and realize the fare was almost doubled.
“I was standing at the Phototech junction with several commuters who did not have enough money to board a vehicle until I saw a colleague who bailed me out.”
Another commuter, Mr Kingsley Okoye, expressed his grievances, noting that the fare hikes had burdened his finances.
Okoye said: “I left the house with very little cash, which I assumed would get me to work, only to realise that the fares had increased.
“Instead of N250 from Apo to Gudu, I was charged N400. I had to look for where to make a withdrawal and get more cash so I would not get stranded at work.
“This situation is not fair at all. The government is not looking at the suffering of Nigerians; they are only concerned with their policies and regulations, which do not favour us.”
Mrs Jennifer Fabian said she used to spend N200 from Nyanya to the city center until the pump price increased to N670 and the fare hiked to N600.
She said that with the sudden increase in fuel prices, the cost of transport increased further to N1,200, which was very high compared to her income.
Fabians said: “this increase will trickle down to affect virtually everything in the economy, especially the cost of food, which is already high.
“President Bola Tinubu should do something about this because we Nigerians are suffering.
“Since the day Tinubu removed subsidy, the economy has not remained the same. People are already losing their lives due to frustration, and it will worsen unless something is done urgently.”
Similarly, Mr Ahmed Musa, a trader at the Wuse Market, shared his frustration, saying, “I have to take two different buses just to get to the market every morning.
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