Motorists and commuters in Sango-Ota, Ogun, have expressed shocked over the new pump prices of petrol, otherwise known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), announced by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL).

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NNPCL had on Tuesday morning, said it had adjusted the pump price of petrol; between N580 to N617 per litre.

NNPCL attributed the new pump prices of petrol to response to market realities.

A correspondent of NAN, who monitored the development around Sango-Ota and its environs, discovered that the few filling stations selling the product had adjusted their pump price.

NAN also reports that the few filling stations like NIPCO, NNPC and Mobil Filling Station, that were selling the product witnessed long queues of vehicles.

NAN also reports that some of the filling stations were hoarding the product while long queue at various filling stations resulted to traffic gridlocks on some of the major roads in Sango-Ota.

Mr Bola Martins, a motorist, described the situation as uncalled for, as Nigerians were still struggling with the petrol price that was recently increased.

“Nigerians are really going through hard times and there is urgent need for the Federal Government to ensure measures that will help to ameliorate the sufferings of the people.” Martins said.

Mr Jide Onabanjo, a commercial motorist, said that the new price of petrol would be added to transport fares for the people.

Onabanjo said that this development would further increase the prices of goods and services in the country.

“We can’t continue like this because we have been pushed to the wall.” he said.

Onabanjo said that it was unbelievable that the fuel that he bought for N488 per litre at one of the NNPCL stations had gone up to N617 today.

Mrs Sade Aderanti, a civil servant, said that the new pump prices of petrol would automatically has huge impacts on living standards of Nigerians.

Aderanti said that she had been on the queue for over three hours and yet had not been able to buy fuel.

She appealed to Federal Government to expedite action in putting palliative measures in place for civil servants as well as Nigerians, at large, to reduce the untold hardships.