Tag: FUEL SHORTAGE

Lingering fuel crisis: Arewa Youth group writes FCT Police, DSS ahead of planned protest on Tuesday

Aminu Imam

Following the persistent inadequate supply of premium motor spirit popularly known as petrol and the inflated price at the most available fuel stations across the country, the group, Amalgamated Arewa Youth Groups (AAYG) has written the Commissioner of Police and Director of the Department of State Security (DSS) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, of its planned protest beginning from Tuesday, June 28. The copies of the letters to the security agents in the FCT obtained by newsmen yesterday indicated that the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…

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Kenya to pay subsidy arrears amid tackling fuel shortages

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Kenya government officials on Monday said the government would pay subsidy arrears to petrol retailers this week as it seeks to allay fears of potential fuel shortages and forestall crisis. Kenya was reeling from a surge in crude oil prices since 2021 which have forced it to start subsiding retail prices like other frontier economies. The government of East Africas biggest economy rolled out a fuel subsidy in April 2021 to cushion consumers from the surge in the price of oil in international markets. It has so far spent 36…

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