Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani; has warned these peddling the rumours of premium motor spirit being bought for N1200 to cease inflicting pointless pressure within the nation.
Recall that the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted, NNPCL, and gas entrepreneurs below the aegis of the Impartial Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria, clashed once more on Tuesday over the elimination of subsidy on petrol.
The depreciation of the naira towards the US greenback at each the official and the parallel market has not been useful too.
Because of this, oil entrepreneurs mentioned Premium Motor Spirit was growing in current instances,
Nevertheless, the NNPC maintained that it was recovering its full value on the importation of petrol.
There are rumours that oil entrepreneurs are preventing for the PMS to promote for N1,200/litre in a free market primarily due to the crash of the naira towards the greenback.
However Shehu Sani, a former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district within the eighth Meeting, is of the opinion that folks ought to cease spreading the rumours since nothing is official from each the NNPCL and the entrepreneurs.
“Neither the oil entrepreneurs nor the NNPCL proposed any improve of pump worth to N1200 per litre,” he wrote on X.
“These peddling this hearsay ought to cease in order to not trigger pointless panic,disruptions and additional hardships and struggling.”
Nevertheless, some Nigerians are calling on the federal government to be proactive in sensitizing its residents.