The Senate has given the Ministry of Petroleum Resources a two-week ultimatum to bring an end to the ongoing fuel scarcity in the country.
This was disclosed during a meeting between the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) and the officials of the ministry in Abuja on Thursday.
According to the Chairman of the Senate Committee, Sen. Lilian Ekwunife, Nigerians are not interested in the measures the ministry and its parastatals such as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) are putting into ameliorating the situation.
She said Nigerians were only interested in being able to get the products all over the nation.
“We are therefore mandating the minister, the Permanent Secretary and other relevant agencies to end fuel scarcity in the country in two weeks. Discrepancies in prices of products must also end,” Ekwunife stated.