NewStats: 3,262,585 , 8,177,593 topics. Date: Monday, 02 June 2025 at 09:15 PM 3n3g1c

Nigeria’s government is planning to plant tracking devices on trucks because nearly a third of the country’s fuel supply is being stolen in the midst of crippling shortages in Africa’s largest oil producer.

About 30 percent of Nigeria’s refined fuel is being “diverted” and often smuggled into neighboring countries, Emmanuel Kachikwu, state minister for petroleum resources, told a town hall meeting in Lagos, the commercial capital on Monday. None of the trucks transporting fuel across the country are being tracked, despite on and off shortages in the past year, he said.

“We need a whole army to stop this from happening,” he said, referring to the widespread theft.

The most severe fuel scarcity in a year in Africa’s most populous nation has left motorists paying more than double the government’s official price for gasoline and put increasing pressure on a stagnating economy that’s been hit by tumbling oil prices. The national statistics office blames the shortages for contributing to an 8 percent drop in labor productivity in the fourth quarter.

The government of President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to power last year on a wave of for his change and anti-corruption campaign, has been hit by criticism for failing to deal with huge queues at fuel stations across the country.

The latest crisis has been worsened by central bank foreign-exchange controls that have left retailers paying higher costs to import supplies at a time when the government has removed subsidies and imposed a price cap at 87 naira a liter ($1.67 a gallon).

Kachikwu told the Lagos audience to “please give us your patience” as the government deals with the shortages. “This one is challenging for us,” he said, before asking the crowd to stand and recite a pledge to “help this country change.”

http://businessdayonline.com/2016/04/30-of-nigerias-fuel-supply-diverted-says-kachikwu/

This Kachikwu should shut up and get to work. His mother must be from that other side where men talk like women.

ok

doublewisdom:
This Kachikwu should shut up and get to work. His mother must be from that other side where men talk like women.

Going by your name,You should have at least try and use the good side of your double wisdom...the one you use in posting this comment is the bad side of your double wisdom

ok

All i can say is Sai BaBa

doublewisdom:
This Kachikwu should shut up and get to work. His mother must be from that other side where men talk like women.

I tell u.

Nigeria plants tracking device on trucks for once.... Why must it be always plans to

doublewisdom:
This Kachikwu should shut up and get to work. His mother must be from that other side where men talk like women.

I think you should shut up

It is not easy to lie oh,you need more lies to cover up

Imagine this!
These people will stop at nothing to ridicule this government.

Shame on those that want the Federal Government to sell our refineries.

Shame on those that said our refineries was never going to work.

Shame on those that want us to keep importing from their foreign refineries.

This same cabal frustrated and stopped Jonathan.

They will be crushed soon. I believe in Buhari.

Na wa oooo. The evil in this land called Nigeria is just too much to bear. Can't govt do things right for once self! Corruption and greed has crippled this country to state that ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. I hope we are not heading to our DOOM. God please Intervene, don't abandon us, hear the cries of poverty stricken Nigerians. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee

doublewisdom:
This Kachikwu should shut up and get to work. His mother must be from that other side where men talk like women.

So he shouldn't say what's going on abi? I stay in Cotonou and know how they smuggle fuel into this country. There's never fuel scarcity here might be expensive though but you go see fuel buy and they brought it in from Nugeria .

OK is it the poor masses doing?

A chess game being played wit nigerians. Even if U don't plead 4 patience we must b patient wit u. Howeva, dat does not include not pointing it out to u n ur alleluyah followers when u start confusing urselves. Also bear wit us wen we complain cos d suffering created by u is much on d masses except those who're still eating frm their parents' pot, altho u've never experienced it.

Na me go stop the diversion?

this story is Stale . we knw all dis trash, wat we want to see is pratical solution.

Shut the fok up,do the needful or get the hell out. We are tired of excuses

kachikwu
fashola
lie moha
osibanjo
waiting for ameachi to add his for today

I thought they said this man has been sacked, it's quite clear that even in June, petrol will be scarce.

Noted

To where?
Not even one good news for a whole 24hours.
How many have I had today from APC? All are bad news. I think I am done done for today.

Wake me up tomorrow for fresh lies.

It seems this istration spends more time cooking lies than thinking how to fix the copious problems bedevilling the country

Stale!

I want to presume that the diversion started in this regime for us not to have experienced scarcity this much in the last regime

Always giving excuses and apportioning blames for their ineptitude

The problem no be today talk e don stay

Minister of excuses

That will explain the incessant scarcity despite tankers being loaded every time. They'll probably make shitload of money hence the diverting. Nigerians wounding Nigerians since 1960

Diversion has alwaz bn there.

[size=14pt]So why is he telling us? abi make I go stop the smugglers?

this govt of fraud and lies. . . . and gross incompetence. . .[/size]