Transport fares soar as fuel scarcity worsens in Ekpoma EKPOMA - The on-going fuel scarcity, worsened in Ekpoma and its environs as most filling stations ran out of the product. The development caused transport fares to skyrocket, leaving passengers groaning. Operators of black market however took advantage of the situation to make brisk business. While a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) sold for N130 at the few filling stations that have the product, same quantity went for N200 at the black market. Despite the outrageous price, fuel attendants had hectic times controlling long queues of vehicles and motorcycles that beseeched the stations. A commercial motorcyclist, Ehis Arebo while commenting on the scarcity said it has precipitated untold hardship, calling on the government to do the needful to restore normalcy. He lamented that he hitherto filled his motorcycle fuel tank with maximum of N800, but now cost him up to N1300. Also speaking, a university lecturer, Mr. Solomon Ibhasebhor, who described the scarcity as biting, however expressed his beliefe that relevant government agencies would soon bring the situation under control.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:55:43 +0000