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The senate committee on petroleum (downstream) has asked President Muhammadu buhari who doubles as petroleum minister to stop “this fuel scarcity in two weeks”.
Uche Ekwunife, chairman of the committee, gave the charge on Thursday during a meeting with stakeholders in the oil industry at the national assembly complex in Abuja.
“We are giving a target now,we don’t wan’t to know how you would achieve it.Nigerians want to see an end to this fuel scarcity,” she said.
“We are mandating the minister of petroleum resources,the permanent secretary and heads of agencies to put an end to this.”
On Tuesday, the upper legislative chamber had moved to end the scarcity of fuel by mandating its committee on petroleum downstream to examine all issues associated with the problem, and determine how the legislature could collaborate with the executive arm of government to bring a lasting solution to the malady. In a motion sponsored Barau Jibrin (Kano north), and co-sponsored by 28 senators, the lawmaker observed that fuel scarcity had remained a recurring problem in the country, and added that it was time to put a stop to the trend.