We live in a country where giving out our resources to other countries to use has become a tradition.

Politicians will steal money and ship it to other countries, those countries will use the money to develop their Cities.

Politicians will divert fuel and send it to other neighboring countries, and those countries never for one day lack supply of fuel, imagine a situation where you go to filling station refill your tank by yourself and pay with your Card.

Politicians will hire foreign lawyers with millions of dollars to exonerate them from being prosecuted of the wealth they acquired off meaningful Nigerians.

Politicians will request the services of foreign expatriate to do the day to day running of our economy.

And I can go on and on, so Mr. kachiku stop wailing unnecessarily as if you don't know what's going down.

We are still waiting patiently for you people, continue

Maybe GEJ is the one smuggling it or he's the godfather of the smugglers...idiots...kachikwu and the whole Members of this Buhari led govt should shut the f up and get to work...we keep hearing and seeing numerous interviews and speeches but no results,honestly e don tire me

Kachikwu is a comedian, who gave him the figures?

Today it is pipeline vandalism
Tomorrow it is failing refineries
Now it is diverted trucks
Just be giving excuses for his inability to handle the fuel scarcity.
Okay o, soon we will hear truck drivers are now having their trucks stolen.
Different day, different story

under GEJ there was never a time Fuel was carried like money on a bullion Van but under APC, fuel(our own heritage and free gift from our God)is now treated like Gold.I keep asking Buhari supporters is Zahra(Buhar's daughter)also passing through all this scrutinity?or are we the masses the only ones corrupt in this nation?Buhari is an eye sore shame on APC as party you failed nigerians(Both those that voted for and against you)big time.Thanks.

Sail well Mr. Ibe.

Like you sailed on those good ol' days of Fatherhood with Ibe together with gees like Toni Kan, Dozie, Mungo Park and so many other good fellas at Hints.

Nigerians will surely have a reason to celebrate you.

So please don't disappoint us.

Amen.

Adesiji77:


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

where are our gallant customs or is this not part of there duties(Tax payers)

This kachukwu has nothing to offer
Na so so lies n grammar

As long as there is a substantial gap between the "official" rate for petrol and the market rate, fuel smuggling will continue to thrive, no matter how sophisticated the counter-measures taken against it. Kachikwu knows this as well as anyone, but he'll have to keep pretending otherwise as long as his master in Aso Rock refuses to listen to reason.

Buhari has been urged multiple times now to deregulate the sector and privatize - not least by Kachikwu himself - but he stubbornly insists on doing things the same old way, while expecting the results to be better this time around. As bad as GEJ was, he at least knew better than to constantly second-guess his advisers and ministers.

The utter foolishness of this is staggering. Of course fuel gets diverted to neighbouring countries, you know why? Because the price of fuel in those countries is far higher there than it is here.

Guys, enough with all the foolish debates and ask yourselves three very simple questions. Is there scarcity of Diesel? And if not, why not? Finally, what is the average price of diesel across Nigeria?

The answer to the problem is blindingly obvious, and yet, and yet, it appears that we lack the basic intellectual capacity to grasp the issue and solve it. It's truly does reflect very badly on us all, our staggering inability to solve the most basic of problems. And yes, solving the fuel scarcity problem is actually a relatively simple one to solve.

EEeEeeeh

omohayek:
As long as there is a substantial gap between the "official" rate for petrol and the market rate, fuel smuggling will continue to thrive, no matter how sophisticated the counter-measures taken against it. Kachikwu knows this as well as anyone, but he'll have to keep pretending otherwise as long as his master in Aso Rock refuses to listen to reason.

Buhari has been urged multiple times now to deregulate the sector and privatize - not least by Kachikwu himself - but he stubbornly insists on doing things the same old way, while expecting the results to be better this time around. As bad as GEJ was, he at least knew better than to constantly second-guess his advisers and ministers.

That isn't the issue at all. The smuggling is to neighbouring countries where the price of fuel is at market rates, and therefore far higher than the subsidised rates of Nigeria. This has always, and will always continue to happen. I think we all know what the solution is, but I guess we communicated our feelings on that solution in 2012. So, lets just be silent and enjoy the consequences of that communication.

I put it to you all that scarcity is here to stay for the rest of the year. Quote me on that. I thought the scarcity was going to end of 7th April?

Amanwulu1:
Diversion has alwaz bn there.

The Custom Service can't claim ignorance about all these diversions from ages That explains why some Customs&Security personnel with Pot Bellies are stupendously rich EFCC/ICPC/DSSS should start beaming their search lights after the Judges&Judiciary

bashydemy:
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 .

so wots d work of our security personnel @ d borders........

That some people don't see some truth in what he said is baffling. Let me educate you....

Haven't you noticed that Lagos and Abuja are probably the only states you can get fuel at the approved pump price of 86.50? It is well known that fuel in other states apart from these two is sold for 200 and above. Why this is so is because majority of the filling stations in these states are owned by small marketers who go by the names of "Tolad oil and gas, Damask Petroleum, Ifeanyi Oil, Tunde Petroleum, Mallo Oil etc. while you find more of the presence of the big boys in the names of "MRS, Forte Oil, Mobil, Total, Conoil etc." in Lagos and Abuja. These big boys get their own supply from NNPC while these small marketers get it from these big boys more than 76.50 approved by DPR. Since they buy it at above 76.50 (say 90 naira) how do you expect them to now sell at 86.50. Also factor in transportation cost from Lagos, bribing of police, paying of entitlement fee to omo onile, garage fees, and other cost incurred while transporting the fuel to the hinterlands. Obviously they won't sell at govt. approved price of 86.50 but higher.

Therefore fuel meant for filling stations in Lagos are diverted to other states where they can sell well above the approved pump price (130 and above) because they know the DPR is short of men to conduct checks and balances and may therefore find it hard to visit filling stations in remote areas. Even when DPR officials manage to come, they are bribed to turn a blind eye to their atrocities.

The solution to this sharp practice and price disparity is for government to totally hands off setting of pump prices(total deregulation). You cannot expect fuel to be he same price in Lagos where the ships with the fuel birthed and Borno that it takes almost more than 24 hours to get to from Lagos because of the transportation and associated costs mentioned above. Also, all our refineries must be working at 100 percent capacity so that instead of transporting fuel from Lagos to other States, Kaduna refinery will serve the whole North, Port Harcourt refinery will serve SS and SE while Warri can serve SW AND parts of SS and SE.

NOTE: If any NNPC petrol station doesn't sell fuel in 48 hours in Lagos and 72 hours in other states after they must have sold off the last drop of the last allocation they got, know that the fuel has been diverted.

Enough of ur stewpid excuses! Deliver or quit!!!

The existence of subsidies can not be divorced from abuse(Hamilton)
Diesel's not smuggled because there's no subsidy! Price is fully deregulated!!!

Barcholder:
The utter foolishness of this is staggering. Of course fuel gets diverted to neighbouring countries, you know why? Because the price of fuel in those countries is far higher there than it is here.

Guys, enough with all the foolish debates and ask yourselves three very simple questions. Is there scarcity of Diesel? And if not, why not? Finally, what is the average price of diesel across Nigeria?

The answer to the problem is blindingly obvious, and yet, and yet, it appears that we lack the basic intellectual capacity to grasp the issue and solve it. It's truly does reflect very badly on us all, our staggering inability to solve the most basic of problems. And yes, solving the fuel scarcity problem is actually a relatively simple one to solve.

Tru tok but they want cheap fuel and Buhari's anti- market and anti deregulation are the final straw!!!!!

That is what happen when you register dubious marketers like beno prtrol station along badagry express me amu Lagos.

Barcholder:


That isn't the issue at all. The smuggling is to neighbouring countries where the price of fuel is at market rates, and therefore far higher than the subsidised rates of Nigeria. This has always, and will always continue to happen. I think we all know what the solution is, but I guess we communicated our feelings on that solution in 2012. So, lets just be silent and enjoy the consequences of that communication.

I put it to you all that scarcity is here to stay for the rest of the year. Quote me on that. I thought the scarcity was going to end of 7th April?

How is it not the issue? All you've done in the bolded bit is restate exactly what I said!

Lets be frank,
The Scarcity is Over,
and it's not a good news to the Wailers

melvin0004:
so wots d work of our security personnel @ d borders........

you mean the same security personnel that collect bribe like pure water? Bro we are our own problem. If you yourself was arrested by police maybe for wandering you will give them tips to set you free.

You have police and the military men at the bother post yet,you are telling us bubu story here..please better go to work and make fuel available for Nigerians

timilehing:
Na me go stop the diversion?

I tire oo!

Go say it in a petrol que and see how it goes.

Mxm.

EVILFOREST:
All i can say is Sai BaBa

Excuses upon excuses.

Were the smugglers not there during OBJ and GEJ's regimes yet things weren't this bad.


APC you are grossly incompetent, hoo haa!

The Question to ask is- Who are the cabals responsible for the diversion? Is it still not the government officials?

Lieable lyers lying to Nigerians


Government of lies, by lies and for lies

This man is really beginning to sound like a circus clown.... "Today e say e ko come tomorrow e say e ko go, next tomorrow e say e ko come e go" na waah o

Adesiji77:


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

fighting corruption my yansh...na watin dem call this one

[size=18pt]Major General Tunde Idiagbon death penalty is the solution to this blantant rubbish. Yes, impose the death penalty Major General Tunde Idiagbon would have imposed if he was alive and that will put a stop to this rubbish.

Forget about democracy, impose the death penalty for this offence and you see a better result.

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

Otokx,
do you now have light in uniport?

wink2015:
[size=18pt]Major General Tunde Idiagbon death penalty is the solution to this blantant rubbish. Yes, impose the death penalty Major General Tunde Idiagbon would have imposed if he was alive and that will put a stop to this rubbish.

Forget about democracy, impose the death penalty for this offence and you see a better result.

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crazy dey worrry this one?
na baba kekere go impose death penalty on tinubu?