The queues for Premium Motor Spirit popularly called petrol were not intense on Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory when compared to the situation witnessed the preceding day.
Vehicular traffic on major roads in the capital city was also not intense, as many residents were basically at home to catch some rest on Saturday.
Although some filling stations did not dispense the commodity, the few that sold petrol had less severe queues.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited filling station around the Gwarimpa end of the popular Kubwa-Zuba Expressway, for instance, dispensed petrol to motorists and had less queues than what obtained on Friday.
Attendants at the retail outlet stated this was due to the fact that many fuel users were home on Saturday.
“People are in their various houses resting, because it is a weekend. It is always like that; you see less queues on Saturdays, when compared to work days from Monday to Friday,” one of the PMS attendants stated.
the incessant queues by motorists at filling stations for petrol could continue till January 2023, according to what oil marketers stated on Friday.
Meanwhile, fuel scarcity worsened in Lagos and Ogun states as residents, on Saturday, were seen in long queues which took hours to buy Premium Motor Spirit.
A resident of the Alapere area of Lagos State, identified as Adeola, told Saturday PUNCH that she had to get up unusually early so as to get petrol.
“I woke up as early as 5a.m this morning to buy fuel. Despite waking up that early, I waited for hours before I could get petrol for my car and when I eventually was able to buy, it was sold to me at the rate of N250 per Litre,” she noted.
In a similar situation, another resident of Lagos, Leke Odunlade, said. “I joined the queue from UBA bank area at Ojodu until I was able to eventually get fuel. It took me over an hour before it got to my turn. I was able to get the petrol for my car at the rate of N169 per Litre.