Nigeria's Fuel Scarcity a.k.a 'December Special'

Why does Nigeria seem to suffer fuel shortages every December?

Like clockwork, as has happened almost every December over the last decade in Nigeria, the fuel queues returned to the country over the festive period. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) - the state-owned oil company and currently the sole importer of petrol into the country - has set up a ‘fuel war room’ to tackle the various issues beh…