Flooding induced fuel queues: NNPC, stakeholders vow to restore normalcy - ITREALMS

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The NNPC Ltd declared that the fuel queues seen in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and in the country, alleging that it was due to flooding and thunderstorm, reports ITREALMS.

According to NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye, he associated the fuel queues as a result of disruption of ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, between Mother Vessels and Daughter Vessels resulting from recent thunderstorm.

Naira redesign, queues and quest for new Nigeria - ITREALMS

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The amount of queueing Nigerians have been subjected to in the last couple of weeks is unprecedented. It is equally unbecoming. It's almost like the country had gone back four decades.

Fights have broken out in queues at bank facilities, filling stations and INEC and LGAs offices across the country. There are trending videos of people stripping naked in protest inside banking halls, others hitting each other with queue dividers and one person has been confirmed dead inside a banking hall, somewhere in Asaba. Nigerians born in the 2000s, GenZs, should be forgiven for thinking the end of the world is here.