FG pays oil marketers N407bn to end fuel scarcity

 The Federal Government has paid N407, 076,805,386.30 subsidy claims to oil marketers to end the lingering fuel crisis.

 A statement from the federal ministry of finance signed by Mr. Marshall Gundu, Director, Press of the ministry said the Minister of finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has confirmed the payment to the oil marketers.

 Adeosun noted that President Muhammadu Buhari had directed that the payments should be “made immediately in order to bring to a quick end the lingering fuel crisis which has caused great suffering to Nigerian families and businesses.”

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Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige 

Dr. Chris Nwabueze Ngige: Born on August 8, 1952, he was governor of Anambra State from May 29, 2003 to March 17, 2006 under the People Democratic Party (PDP). He is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was elected Senator for Anambra Central Constituency in April 2011.

 Ngige’s tenure as a Senator of the Federal Republic came to an end following his defeat in the 2015 election by Uche Ekwunife, who has been sworn in as the Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the current 8th National Assembly of Nigeria.