Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Lagos for Christmas made surprise visits to two petrol stations at the Lekki-Ajah Expressway on Sunday.
He even helped out to dispense petrol to some motorists.
Accompanied by Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, he discussed with the owners of the stations and consoled some Nigerians on the queue.
First, he stopped at Oando Petrol Station by Elegushi where he engaged with citizens on the queues and staff of the station.
He went pump by pump to get insight on people’s experience, especially the wait time.
Thereafter he made a similar stop at Heyden Petroleum by VGC.
He was able to lift the spirit of people who had already been stressed, waiting for hours to buy petrol.
And there were selfie moments by kids and some of the Nigerians waiting to buy fuel.
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Meanwhile, Osinbajo gave the assurance that the Muhammadu Buhari administration was doing everything possible to quickly resolve the fuel shortages experienced by Nigerians.
Osinbajo said this during an unexpected stopover to Oando Filling Station at Lekki area of Lagos State on Christmas Eve.
In a chat with Nigerians from all walks of life Sunday evening during the stopover, he noted that the Federal Government was moving as quickly as it could to solve the fuel crisis and reduce the difficulties Nigerians were facing as a result.
His words: “We are trying to move as quickly as we can. Obviously, people have gone through a lot of pain and anguish in the past few days, and that is deeply regretted. We were trying to do what we can to move as quickly as possible and there is certainly enough products to be able to solve the problem.
“We will be able to solve the problem; the short period of scarcity is quite a bit of burden, but we know that so long as products are enough and the trucks coming out and feeding the stations, this will be over very soon. I am going around with the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources here in Lagos to ensure that first, the trucks are being loaded from all the depots, and also looking at the filling stations to see that things are moving on very well.
“The GMD of the NNPC is also working in Abuja to see that that things are moving quickly and we are moving around the country. So we expect that it will be resolved very quickly.
“It’s such a shame that Christmas has been, to some extent, with this sort of discomfort. This is deeply regretted, and l know that, despite the resilience and strength of people in Lagos and the Nigerian people, we would see ourselves through this and will enjoy our Christmas and have a great new year.”
