Abuja — Minister of Petroleum, Alhaji Rilwan Lukman has said the persistent fuel scarcity in the country has no immediate solution. Federal lawmakers had last week threatened to arrest Lukman, if he fails to appear before the House committee on Petroleum (down stream) which he had shunned its invitations several times.
Rilwan who appeared before the committee also said the persistent fuel scarcity in the Country will continue due to inability of the Federal Government to tackle the logistics of product supply, vandalisation of petroleum pipelines and payment of huge debt owed independent marketers by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
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