{"id":5509,"date":"2013-06-25T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T14:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/petol-goes-for-n250-per-litre-in-owerri\/"},"modified":"2013-06-25T14:25:52","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T14:25:52","slug":"petol-goes-for-n250-per-litre-in-owerri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/petol-goes-for-n250-per-litre-in-owerri\/","title":{"rendered":"Petol Goes For N250 Per Litre In Owerri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Activities were slowed down in Owerri on Monday as filling station owners closed shop in protest against a new tax imposed on them.<\/p>\n

While motorists and tricycle riders lamented the scarcity, black market dealers made brisk business from the situation with a litre of petrol going for N250.<\/p>\n

Residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the scarcity had caused a sharp rise in the fare charged by transporters.<\/p>\n

Mrs Rose Nwana, a civil servant, said getting to work cost her an extra N200 as a result of the scarcity.<\/p>\n

She said a trip to distances which cost N50 previously now costs as much as N100 as the transporters had to recover the high cost of fuel in the black market.<\/p>\n

Mr Boniface Nworie, a commercial tricycle rider, said the cost may increase further because black marketers would run out of fuel, causing an even worse scarcity.<\/p>\n

Efforts to interview owners of fuel stations in Owerri proved abortive as most of them stayed away while their managers declined comment.<\/p>\n

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