Fuel Scarcity: Tailoring Shop Owner Buys 11 Litres for N10,000 to Power Generator For Work

Fuel Scarcity: Tailoring Shop Owner Buys 11 Litres for N10,000 to Power Generator For Work

  • A Nigerian lady who operates a tailoring shop has lamented the high cost of fuel which she uses to work
  • In a post she made on X, the lady said she bought fuel for N900 a litre so she could be able to work
  • This is coming amid the reported fuel scarcity in some parts of Nigeria, as long queues return to filling stations

A Nigerian lady who works at a tailoring shop said she bought fuel at a high cost to run her shop.

The lady, Hetty, made the post on X following reports of fuel scarcity in some parts of Nigeria.

Lady buys costly fuel for her shop.
The lady bought a litre for N900 during fuel scarcity. Photo credit: X/@hispri0rity and Getty Images/Yaroslav Litun.
Source: UGC

Hetty said she bought 11 litres of fuel at the cost of N10,000 and that she would use it to power her generator.

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Each litre cost N900, which is higher than the 700 it was sold in some parts of the country earlier in the month of April.

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Hetty wondered how long she would continue buying fuel, considering the little she makes in her business.

She wrote on her X page:

"N10k fuel gave me 11.11L @ 900p/L. How long can we continue like this? How much am I making? Getting to the shop, no light. I have to buy fuel to run generator to enable me sew, weave, iron and deliver customers' clothes. All these make me sad."

On Sunday April 28, there were media reports that fuel sold as high as N2000 per litre in states such as Sokoto.

See her post below:

Reactions as lady laments high cost of fuel

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@ComputerrWizard said:

"I don park my car. Till I save like 50k before I dey go buy any fuel."

@yusufahmedng said:

"I bought some units for the first time since the increase yesterday and just understood how crazy it would get. Especially with fuel at 900+, we go need wake up at some point sha."

Lady buys fuel at N800 per liter

In a related story, a lady bought fuel, and she shared her frustration due to the price.

The lady, Chidimma, said she bought fuel at N800 and wished that she would once again buy it at N150 per litre.

Many of her followers joined in lamenting the high cost of fuel after the removal of the fuel subsidy.

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