APAPA /OSHODI expressway has literally been shutdown since Friday with yesterday being the most agonizing for motorists. The shutdown was caused by tankers and trailers that seized the major economic artery of the country. All law enforcement agencies pleaded helplessness yesterday with the policemen disappearing from the roads completely leaving trapped motorists at the mercy of thieves.
The situation was compounded by the on-going slow paced construction work on the road by Julius Berger. The problem was justified by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, yesterday. They said that the blockade was caused partly by a directive from the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, who reportedly gave a 48-hour deadline to Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, and oil marketers to clear the long queues at filling stations and end the lingering fuel shortages.
To meet the deadline, PPMC, said it will inject additional 110 million litres of petrol into the market this week.
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