Lamentation As Fuel Scarcity Hits Osun, Govt Warns hoarders

The capital cityof Osun State, Osogbo and other towns in Osun have been witnessing scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in recent days, OsunReporters News gathered.

However, the Ademola Adeleke led-government has threatened to sanction filing stations hoarding Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) known as petrol.

At at Saturday and Sunday, there were long queues in major petrol stations across Osogbo, Osun State capital which include Ogo-Oluwa, Oke-Fia, Old Garage, Lameco-Service, Abere, Power line, Ayetoro area among others.

While reacting to the development, Osun state government Taskforce on Petroleum Price Monitoring, warned owners of petrol stations across the state against hoarding petroleum products to create artificial scarcity.

According to the Chairman, Petroleum Monitoring Taskforce, who doubles as the Chief of Staff to the State Governor, Kazeem Akinleye said, the taskforce noted that its surveillance across the state revealed that most filling stations are hoarding petrol products, thereby worsening the fuel supply situation in the state.

,,,,,,,The Chairman posited that surveillance activities were conducted in major towns and the state capital in the last three days and that it revealed deliberate hoarding of fuel to create artificial scarcity.

The Taskforce consequently issues strong warning to affected filling stations which are already listed as direct culprits to open up their tanks and dispense fuel to the members of the public.

…….The statement further tasked marketers to be public spirited in their pricing of Petroleum products, reminding them of the already harsh economic situation on the members of the public.

,,“Failure to stop the fuel hoarding and take Humanitarian notice of prevailing economic situation in the country will lead to severe sanctions”, the statement warned.

Consequently, commercial and private vehicle owners have complained long hours in petrol stations which impacting negatively on their productivity.

OsunReporters News gathered that prices of transportation within and out side Osogbo has increased due to the ongoing fuel scarcity.