Our ‘Change’ agenda is real – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, stated that the federal government is aware of the challenges faced by Nigerians as a result of the continued fuel scarcity and inadequate power supply.

Mohammed, who stated this Abuja during a media tour, also said the federal government is working hard to bring succour to Nigerians.

“As a government that was propelled into office by the power of the people, we cannot but feel the pains of our compatriots, and we deeply empathise with them.”

“Our message to our compatriots is that this administration, under the able leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, is working round the clock to ease the pains of Nigerians, and that very soon, the efforts of the government will begin to yield fruits for the benefit of Nigerians.”

The minister also noted that Nigerians were beginning to question the genuineness of the agenda of the ruling party -the All Progressives Congress.

“We understand the skepticism of Nigerians in questioning whether this indeed is the change they voted for. I can tell Nigerians that our Change Agenda is real, and that indeed Nigerians will get the change they voted for.”

Speaking on the issue of fuel scarcity, Mohammed stated that: “Petroleum supply and distribution have been ramped up across the country by the NNPC to ensure product availability in the country, but repeated trips to filling stations and the backlog are making it impossible to immediate feel the impact.”

“Monitoring has also been intensified to ensure full compliance with approved prices. Violations of approved prices and hoarding of petroleum products attract severe penalties, including ‎giving out of petroleum products free to the public, sealing off of fuel stations found to be hoarding petroleum products, payment of fine as well as withdrawal of Marketer’s License.”

He further stated that the government and Central Bank of Nigeria are working to resolve the issue of foreign exchange so as to remove the constraints around fuel supply.

“The ultimate is to ensure self sufficiency in refined products supply by ramping up our local Refining capacity. All local Refineries will be made to run at a minimum 70% capacity utilization in the weeks ahead.”

“This is in addition to the initiative of increasing the combined capacity of the domestic refineries through co-locating smaller but cost efficient modular refineries within the existing refineries premises.”

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