Stop complaining – Diezani Alison-Madueke blames Nigerians for fuel scarcity

Nigerians should stop complaining about fuel scarcity and suffer the pains of it because the scarcity was caused by their demand for transparency in the petroleum sector, the Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke, who said this on Wednesday in Abuja while addressing journalists, said the demands by Nigerians for transparency and accountability coupled with the government’s determination to ensure same was the cause of the sufferings.

“We cannot eat our cakes and have it. We cannot keep calling out for transparency and accountability and pointing at corruption if we are not prepared to bear some of the hardship that will obviously come when you are trying to clean up a sector,” the minister said.

Mrs. Madueke was, however, not done with blaming Nigerians for the fuel scarcity, she also claimed that the government has already reduced the scarcity being witnessed.
“The verifications were being done; payments could not be made by Finance and I think they have said that severally, but the verifications have been done; payments are now being made and like I said the queues have actually begun to go down,” she said.

In Abuja where Mrs. Madueke claims the scarcity has reduced and where she is based as minister, motorists still spend several hours on petrol queues which sometimes are over 200m long; with many petrol stations not even selling the product. Black market operators can be seen selling the product at over 100 per cent the approved price with their transparent jerry-cans everywhere in the Nigerian capital.

The minister however gave Nigerians some hope as she said the scarcity should disappear before the festive period.

She said already the ministry had released petroleum products from its strategic reserve to reduce shortages.

“We too, on NNPC side we have pushed out a lot of our strategic reserve in a bid to ensure that people are not overtly put out in terms of fuel scarcity. And if not for this recent union issue I think it would have been completely alleviated, but I am sure that over the next few days it will die down completely.

“We are doing everything we can on ground to ensure that this Christmas will be like last Christmas, as well,” she said.

Mrs. Alison-Madueke attributed shortages being experienced in almost all parts of the country to stringent measures being taken by the Federal Ministry of Finance in the payment of subsidy claims.

– NAN

Comments (2)

  1. Diezani Alison Madueke is sick! In fact she needs hep, & she needs it fast!

  2. what exactly is mrs Madueke saying, dose it mean that corruption is the blood that flow in our vains, that demanding a transpirency in a sector will cost us our lives before we live, if not demanding transpirency how will it result to scarcity and a comand to stop complaining and suffer what we have…

    All i have to say is who ever is not ready to serve our FATHER Land (Blessed Nigeria) wether by Election or Appointment should resign and mind he's or her private Business… Ok!

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