Buhari wouldn’t mention the petrol crisis that has made for a blue Christmas for Nigerians, in his season felicitation. President Muhammadu Buhari was characteristically silent on the fuel shortages that have crippled Africa’s biggest economy, in his Christmas message to Nigerians.Thousands of gas stations across Nigeria have remained shuttered for days on end. Gas stations managing to dispense petrol are doing so at multiple percentages above the government regulated price; as the black market continues to make a killing. Just hours before Christmas, Nigerians can’t move around, can’t make the trip to the countryside to visit family and friends; and can’t drive to the malls to shop for festive season grocery.Commodity and transport prices have also skyrocketed. It’s a bleakness that has led social media users to vent their spleen on the nation’s Commander-in-Chief, all week long.
