As work resumes across the country after the Christmas holidays, hundreds of stranded commuters on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway yesterday appealed to the Federal Government to end petrol scarcity, which has adversely affected transport cost.The commuters disclosed in interviews that scarcity of petrol caused an increase in transport cost and reduced the number of commercial vehicles in operation.
Hundreds of commuters were stranded at various bus stops, including Ilepo, Iyana Ipaja, Dopemu, Cement and Ikeja Along. They scampered for spaces in the few available commercial vehicles.
Transporters also increased fares at Iyana Ipaja, Dopemu and Cement bus stop by 100 per cent or more. Commercial buses charged from N400 to N500 from the bus stops to Yaba instead of N200, and demanded for N200 to N400 from the bus stops to Oshodi as against N100.
A food vendor in Ikeja, Mrs. Husna Shehu, appealed to the Federal Government to intensify efforts to end fuel scarcity to alleviate the suffering of road users and other Nigerians.
Stranded commuters beg government to end petrol scarcity
