Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has appealed to Petroleum Marketers not to take advantage of the fuel Subsidy removal to hoard fuel and exploit citizens of the state.
The appeal was contain in a statement by special assistant to the governor on Media Gyang Bere, following the removal of the fuel subsidy by the Federal Government.
He noted that while government has taken deliberate steps to ease hardship and pains of citizens, petroleum marketers should avoid creating unnecessary scarcity and a hike in prices of the product.
Barr. Mutfwang said if the quest to build a new and united Plateau, must be concretized, citizens must take deliberate steps to avoid issues that will further inflict hardship and pains on an already traumatized citizenry.
He said as a government that prioritizes the well being of its people, actions that tend to impede this goal must be resisted.
Governor Mutfwang appealed to all petrol stations in the state to open their outlets and commence the sales of the product to curtail the artificial scarcity that is being experienced in most parts of the state.
He said the state government will not condone any form of extortion of the people, pointing out that any such attempt will not be tolerated.
Your Excellency,, that is exactly the problem in the petroleum sector of our economy,, the independent marketers,, unless and until ANY government is able to tame them,,, they will always hold government and Nigerians to ransome !