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Nigeria - The current fuel scarcity plaguing the nation don't seem to be nearing its end as Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has refused to authorize payment of outstanding claims by oil marketers until it has been verified, The Nation reports.
“Marketers were asking for N159 billion for exchange rate differentials from the outstanding N200 billion. There has been so much fraud and scam so I have refused to sign for that money but have agreed that a committee be set up involving the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to verify marketers’ claims,” she said.
”Marketers just want to make Nigerians suffer,” she added.
She also slammed the marketers for allegedly blackmailing Nigerians and asked the people to resist.
“They are making a lot of money from black market activities, people should rise up against the blackmail of oil marketers.
“I will not pay the N159 billion without verification, Nigerians should not allow themselves to be blackmailed.”
#Nigeria #Oil #FuelScarcity
“Marketers were asking for N159 billion for exchange rate differentials from the outstanding N200 billion. There has been so much fraud and scam so I have refused to sign for that money but have agreed that a committee be set up involving the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to verify marketers’ claims,” she said.
”Marketers just want to make Nigerians suffer,” she added.
She also slammed the marketers for allegedly blackmailing Nigerians and asked the people to resist.
“They are making a lot of money from black market activities, people should rise up against the blackmail of oil marketers.
“I will not pay the N159 billion without verification, Nigerians should not allow themselves to be blackmailed.”
#Nigeria #Oil #FuelScarcity
