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Will Ross
Africa editor, BBC World Service
Fuel shortages that hit parts of Nigeria last week have escalated, bringing several businesses to a halt, including in commercial hub Lagos. There are reports of a low turn-out for the controversial parliamentary elections taking place in Togo on Monday.
Public transport users were left stranded on Monday as operators pulled services, while some of those who obtained transportation were made to pay higher fares, privately-owned broadcaster Channels Television reported. It comes after constitutional changes which critics said were aimed at helping President Faure Gnassingbé extend his family's decades-long grip on power.
Local media reports say motorists are scrambling and queuing for fuel for hours at the petrol stations still operating. The reforms saw Togo's presidential system replaced with a parliamentary one, which would allow Mr Gnassingbé to avoid presidential term limits and stay in office.
Many stations have closed, citing shortages in supplies from the state-owned oil company, which has seen black market retailers sell oil by up to three times the normal price. He has been in power for nearly 20 years and succeeded his father Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who ruled Togo for nearly four decades.
Last Thursday, long queues returned at petrol stations in the capital, Abuja, and the neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states.
But the state-owned oil company warned against the panic buying of petrol, saying prices would not change and that there was sufficient fuel.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) said on Thursday in a statement on X, that the limited availability of petrol was a result of logistical problems, which had been fixed.
On Monday, a spokesperson for the company denied reports that
it was rationing fuel sold to retailers and that it was prioritising supplies
to the capital, Abuja, privately
owned The Punch newspaper reported.
Nigeria frequently experiences oil scarcity, despite being Africa's biggest economy and oil producer.
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