Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, he said that federal authorities were doing everything within their powers to put an end to the hardship.
He said, “I have said it on many fora that the government is keenly aware of the hardship and difficulties Nigerians have gone through in the last couple of weeks and we do empathize with them.
“Not only do we empathize with them but we appreciate their perseverance and we have also been working round the clock to ensure that we are able to bring the situation back to normal.”
He further claimed that the efforts of the federal government have started yielding results as the fuel situation was gradually being normalized with cargoes of refined product being discharged in major cities across the country.
He also disclosed that the Warri refinery has since been functioning and already has 19 million litres of the product, helping to put the quantity of product in the reserve to 430 million litres.
He added, “As from tomorrow ( today) we are going to deploy 1,300 trucks of all over Nigeria to ensure that the fuel situation gets much better,” he said, expressing confidence that this quantity being distributed daily would put an end to the fuel scarcity.
“We empathize with Nigerians, we salute their courage and perseverance and I want to assure them that the change they voted for is real, that change will come and that all the challenges we are facing today are very temporary.”
He stated also that the federal government plans to construct modular refineries.
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