There have been scenes of chaos in main cities throughout Nigeria as folks queue for hours within the hope of shopping for some petrol.
Because the nation struggles with its newest scarcity, the worth of gasoline has soared, inflicting extra hardship for tens of millions already battling the cost-of-living disaster.
Petrol can also be extensively used to energy turbines for households and small companies and the present shortfall is weighing closely on the already ailing economic system.
Petroleum entrepreneurs say it’ll take as much as two weeks for the scenario to normalise, whereas the state oil firm claims it has sufficient inventory to handle the wants of the folks.
It warns towards panic shopping for of the product
Hearken to this report from Lagos by Africanews correspondent, David Taylor.