CHRISTMAS WITHOUT FUEL: Travellers waiting at Oshodi Lagos…yesterday PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTILess than 24 hours to Christmas, it has been lamentation galore for holidaymakers crisscrossing the country to spend the Yuletide with their loved ones.
Airports and motor parks in many cities were replete with forlorn passengers and families, who have either been disappointed by checkered flight schedules, or who have had to spend way beyond their budget on transport fare.
Not only have travellers been forced to pay nearly thrice of the usual fare, they have also had to cough out large sums as luggage charges, as the petrol crisis worsens.
In parts of the country, black market operators, including the very shrewd at Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Council of Lagos State, sold a four-litre gallon of fuel for as high as N2, 000, that is, N500 per litre.
In Kano, the product was sold at N250 per litre, and was unavailable in most filling stations in the metropolis, while black marketers had a field day plying their trade.
Holidaymakers groan as petrol hits N500/Litre in black market
