Star actress, Funke Akindele rode a bicycle to church on Sunday due to the fuel
crisis in the country. This is according to her post on the social media.
Nigeria has been brought to a virtual standstill by fuel shortages, caused by a
row between the outgoing government and importers, as well as strikes by
petrol tanker drivers and oil and gas workers.
Despite being Africa’s biggest oil producer, petroleum products have to be
imported to Nigeria because of a lack of functioning domestic refineries.
The government keeps the price at the pumps below the market rate for
consumers and pays the difference to importers and marketers.
But they say they are owed $2 billion in arrears and have shut fuel depots until
the balance is paid.
The government maintains the money has been paid and the importers are
holding the country to ransom by demanding losses from the slump in the naira
currency caused by the global drop in oil prices