Black marketers sell a four-litre gallon of fuel at N6,000 or higher, depending on demand and location.
and neighbouring Jigawa State following weeks of fuel scarcity that led to exorbitant prices being charged by filling stations across the states.
In Kano, the commercial hub of Northern Nigeria, the scarcity has crippled socio-economic activities as a major route into the state, Zaria road, was on Thursday blocked by vehicles whose owners had queued at the NNPCL outlet along the route. A motorist, Umar Ibrahim of Fagge quarters, told PREMIUM TIMES that he spent an hour at a filling station at Abdullahi Bayero Road to buy petrol at N700 per litre on Wednesday but didn't get it.
Another resident, who gave his name only as Scorer, said the government should sanction filing stations charging high prices, describing them as wicked Nigerians. "At Awajil and Kankani, filling stations are selling at above N1,000 per litre because the NNPCL outlets are not many in the town and they are selling it to people they prefer," Mr Sani said.
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