Investigative Journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, has warned that another petrol scarcity is imminent.
He further insinuated that what is playing out is an attempt to increase pump price without complaints from the public.
He wrote on X: "A step-by-step guide to increasing pump price of petrol in Nigeria (without a whimper from the people)
"1. Create petrol scarcity. It’s the very foundation.
"2. Get the NNPC to announce its reservoir of the commodity is enough to serve Nigerians (and neighbouring countries) for the next 1,000 months! Very important to spin a false sense of hope.
"3. Create more scarcity. Let the people queue for several days just to fill their cars. No pain (for the people), no gain (for the government).
"4. Watch black marketers sell at inflated prices – prices far higher than the targeted price hike – to end users who cannot join the endless queues.
"5. Don’t hike the price yet; be strategic. Wait a few more weeks to be sure the people have suffered enough and have reached the just-make-the-fuel-available-at-any-price stage.
"6. Now, you can increase it from N617/litre to N897/litre. Whatever!
"7. It worked, so you wait another two to four months, then rinse and repeat.
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