The study revealed that 16 states, having 61 local government areas at the border communities, account for 2,201 registered fuel stations. The fuel tank has a combined capacity of 144, 998, 700 litres of petrol. Lagos State with one local government at the border community has 235 registered fuel stations with total petrol storage facility of 19,916, 600 litres. Reacting to the NNPC findings, Deputy President of the NLC, Peters Adeyemi, accused the government of laziness and always raising petrol price when it needs cheap money to fund projects. “But for the interventions of the NLC in the last 40 years, the price of petrol would have been more than N500 per litre today.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2018 04:41 UTC