{"id":48198,"date":"2016-04-05T17:16:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=48198"},"modified":"2016-04-05T17:16:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T16:16:36","slug":"nigerians-suffering-lagos-assembly-tells-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerians-suffering-lagos-assembly-tells-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerians Are Suffering, Lagos Assembly Tells Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State House of Assembly <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_616721709\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, called on President<br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari to proffer solution to the lingering fuel scarcity and<br \/>\nits attendant hardship on citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The call followed a motion raised by the Majority Leader of the House, Mr<br \/>\nSanai Agunbiade and seconded by Mr Segun Olulade, the Chairman, House<br \/>\nCommittee on Health, under matter of public urgent importance.<\/p>\n<p>Agunbiade said a lot of workers were lamenting over gridlock caused by<br \/>\nfuel queues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Lagos, every minute counts. Many workers now get queries for coming<br \/>\nlate to work. People now store petrol at homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrices of goods and commodities are high, and fares have increased. The<br \/>\nPresident should address the issue of fuel scarcity and deal with everyone<br \/>\ninvolved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Olulade, on his part, said: \u201cA lot of people are facing serious hardship;<br \/>\nwe have hospitals that cannot provide electricity in case of emergency<br \/>\nbecause of scarcity. The President should address the issue quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Contributing, Mr Tunde Braimoh, the Chairman, House Committee on<br \/>\nInformation, Strategy and Security, described the situation as<br \/>\n\u2018\u2019embarrassing\u2019\u2019, saying that the President has all it takes to salvage<br \/>\nthe situation.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Mr Yinka Ogundimu, the Chairman, House Committee on Finance, said<br \/>\nall agencies in Lagos were overstretched and a lot of time was wasted<br \/>\nqueuing for fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should call on the President to come up with immediate solution,\u201d he<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, said it was not necessary to<br \/>\nstart apportioning blames or identifying scapegoats, but the Federal<br \/>\nGovernment should find a lasting solution to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw people carrying kegs all over the city and I understand that some<br \/>\nof them sleep at filling stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe roads from my house were deserted as I was coming to the office and<br \/>\nthis is a bad signal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr President should look for a solution; we should not look at the past<br \/>\nor blame the Petroleum Minister for what he said recently since he has<br \/>\napologised. We must take action now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever it is, our people should get fuel to move around for their<br \/>\nbusinesses. We must avoid whatever can lead to angry mobs. It is becoming<br \/>\nso unbearable and it must not be allowed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Speaker directed the Clerk of the House, Mr Ganiu Abiru, to write a<br \/>\nletter to the President to find a lasting solution to the problem and make<br \/>\nfuel available in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>The House said that the President should address the people on the<br \/>\nsituation and appealed to residents to be calm until a solution was found<br \/>\nto the problem.<\/p>\n<p>It also called on Buhari to direct all the necessary Ministries,<br \/>\nDepartments and Agencies (MDAs) that have direct connections with the<br \/>\ndistribution of fuel to help the masses by curbing the hardship.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers said that special attention should be given to Lagos State<br \/>\nas the economic nerve centre of the nation as many workers now sleep at<br \/>\nfilling stations.<\/p>\n<p>The House also called on Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode to direct the necessary<br \/>\nagencies in the state to effectively control gridlock occasioned by<br \/>\nscarcity.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the indiscriminate queuing at filling stations had affected<br \/>\ntraffic flow and many people were getting to their offices late. (NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to proffer solution to the lingering fuel scarcity and its attendant hardship on citizens. 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