By Muhammadu Sabiu
Reports reaching The Daily Reality have indicated that residents and drivers were in a panic on Monday as fuel shortages hit many filling stations in Kaduna State and the surrounding area.
Many petrol stations had long lines of vehicles, and this forced buses drivers and commercial motorcycle riders to increase transportation costs by 50%.
Madam Ashatu Suleiman, a local, claimed that it cost her N150 to move from Sabon Tasha to Kaduna Central Market, where she sells food, adding that she paid N200 this evening as she was heading home.
According to a report, the cost of transportation from Kaduna to Zaria has jumped from N800 to N1,000.
Many people feared that the state’s fuel shortage was caused by floods in Kogi, which made it difficult for fuel trucks to pass.
The Kogi flood, according to Mr. Samuel Ebiko, station manager of Enyoojo filling station, has nothing to do with the Kaduna station’s gasoline shortage.
