The Federal Government on Wednesday expressed concern about the scarcity of petrol being witnessed in most parts of the country, stating that oil marketers would today (Thursday) receive the sum of N156bn as arrears of their subsidy claims.
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, stated this in Abuja in an interview with journalists shortly after declaring open the 20th conference of Directors General of Customs of the World Customs Organisation.
The minister, while expressing sympathy with Nigerians, whose lives were being disrupted by long queues at filling stations, gave an assurance that the government was working to end the scarcity within …Read More
Source:: New Mail
