ACCI urges federal government to resolve fuel crisis

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has called connected the national authorities to urgently resoluteness the lingering substance scarcity that is adversely impacting businesses crossed the country.

ACCI President, Emeka Obegolu, said the shortage has made it much costly for radical and businesses to transport goods and behaviour transactions, frustrating the easiness of doing business.

He spoke with The Guardian portion reacting to the antagonistic effects of substance shortage connected tiny and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) crossed the country.

“The existent substance scarcity is hurting businesses and hampering economical activities. We impulse the authorities to code the basal causes of the occupation arsenic a substance of priority,” helium said.

He explained that though the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has assured Nigerians that queues crossed the state would soon beryllium cleared, determination is simply a request to intensify efforts to conscionable the goal.

Obegolu noted that the scarcity has led to unnecessary hardship with immoderate unpatriotic citizens taking vantage of the situation.

“We are hopeful that Dangote Refinery and different caller refineries coming onboard volition assistance destruct this disfigured inclination and marque Nigeria self-sufficient and little reliant connected substance imports,” helium noted.

He called connected NNPCL to expedite enactment connected the organisation of petroleum products crossed the state to easiness speculation and trim the hardship Nigerians are facing owed to shortage.