The federal government has empathized with Nigerians over the gas shortages that have ensured long queues remain an eyesore across the country.
Minister of Information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed promised during a ChannelsTV program on Sunday that normalcy will soon return to the filling stations.
“I have said it on many fora that the government is keenly aware of the hardship and difficulties Nigerians have gone through in the last couple of weeks and we do empathize with them.
“Not only do we empathize with them but we appreciate their perseverance and we have also been working round the clock to ensure that we are able to bring the situation back to normal,” he said.
The information Minister also added that the government is working hard to boost local refining capacity to serve as a buffer during difficult times. He said the Warri refinery has since been working and has added 19 million litres of the product to the market, helping to put the quantity of product in the reserve to 430 million litres.
“As from tomorrow we are going to deploy 1,300 trucks all over Nigeria to ensure that the fuel situation gets much better,” he said, expressing confidence that this quantity being distributed daily would put an end to the fuel scarcity.
“We empathize with Nigerians, we salute their courage and perseverance and I want to assure them that the change they voted for is real, that change will come and that all the challenges we are facing today are very temporary,” the Minister said.
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