Lagos State residents have expressed their disappointment with the President Bola Tinubu’s government following the continuous rise in fuel prices.

It has been reported that the fuel price increased from N925 to N960, becoming effective on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

A resident who spoke to SaharaReporters at the NNPCL filling station at Bajulaiye in Lagos said, “We were selling at N925 per liter before but as of yesterday (Tuesday) morning, they changed it to N960,” the manager, with SaharaReporters confirming the price from a fuel pump where a customer bought 10.07 liters of petrol at N9,667.2, while another customer bought five liters of petrol at N4,800.

When asked if there was any reason for the sudden price hike, he said, “It is from the above. Anywhere you see NNPC filling stations in Lagos, they don’t change prices by themselves. Immediately they change prices in Abuja, it will reflect here.

“It is general. It changes directly. It is wi-fi. If the price reduces, it will also automatically reduce here. We will just sit and see it there change.”

Mortorists, Keke Napep riders and other have raised concerns over the petrol price hike, stressing that the situation has made things unbearable for them as they are unable to increase transport fare and that they are unwilling to pay despite the increase in fuel prices.

A Keke Napep rider identified himself as Johnson said that athough the situation is harsh, it has become part of them, adding that the federal government are aware of the increment but are refusing to care about them.

He said, “It is not new. It has mastered us. We have bought fuel at N1,200 before the price came down and went up again. It has become part of us. But what the government is doing is not good.”

Johnson also said, “We are charging the same price we have been charging. Even though they increase the price to over N1,000, we will still charge the same price because if you increase the money, passengers will lament.

“From here to Bariga is N300I. We can’t tell passengers that because they have increased fuel price, it is now N400. It will not be easy for them to pay that amount. We are just managing the same price we have been charging before.

“If there is any help the government can provide for the masses concerning fuel, let them do. High cost of fuel makes every other thing costly. So, since we are producing fuel here, we are expecting fuel price to come to N500.”