The Federal Government, on Sunday, January 24, 2016, hiked the price of kerosene to N83 per litre from N50 per litre in order to implement the removal of kerosene subsidy.
 
ENCOMIUM Weekly also spoke to people who use kerosene and how they have been coping with the hike and how the removal of subsidy has been affecting them. Mrs. Samson, a housewife and businesswoman said, “I bought at N50 per litre but that was in December 2015 and the long queue she met is nothing to write home about. “That is why she decided to buy at independent filling stations like Adonai filling station at Ogba, Lagos, for N120 per litre. “There was no queue though it was expensive.” Mrs. Tajudeen, a house wife and a petty trader said she has been buying from tankers and independent filling stations without minding the cost because that is the only means of survival for her and her family. She said since the government has removed subsidy from kerosene, she will not say she will not cook for her husband. So, she had to buy, no matter how expensive it is.

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