Fuel Scarcity: Heaven won’t fall, Nigerians will survive – Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that Nigerians will survive the challenges being faced by Nigerians on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).

Adesina said the heavens would not fall over the current fuel scarcity and Nigerians will survive like always.

He stated this in his latest weekly article on Thursday, March 04, 2022, titled “KNOCK, KNOCK. WHO’S THERE?”

The presidential aide recalled that Nigerians had experienced a similar situation in the past and they survived.

Adesina’s article reads partly: “It’s obviously not the easiest of times in our country currently, what with severe fuel scarcity exacerbating the other existential challenges we have been coping with.

"Yet some other people have children, wards, dependents, relations in Ukraine, currently being bombarded by Russia. I have one, daughter of a family friend. When I spoke with her last week, she was hiding in a bunker, talking in whispers. But amidst it all, no fuel, no electricity, anxiety about Ukraine, general insecurity, Government continues to work. The Heavens won’t fall, and sanity would be restored. The current situation is called SNAFU: Situation Normal All Fouled Up. Normalcy will definitely return."

“In some areas, there’s no fuel, no electricity, thus translating to a severe energy crisis.

“There were cases of bad fuel before in this country. We slept for days, weeks on end at petrol stations, queuing for fuel. We survived. We will survive again. Las las.”

Nigerians have been battling with fuel scarcity since February.

The scarcity is said to have been caused by the importation of adulterated fuel.

However, the Federal Government had assured Nigerians that normalcy would soon return because it has enough fuel.