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Federal government has assured Nigerians that the current fuel scarcity in the country will be over in a matter of days, vowing that the situation will not happen again. 

“We can confidently announce here today that the scarcity will end in a few days. Subsidy payment till the end of the year has been approved by the national assembly. As you know we can’t spend money without approval,” Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, said in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Segun Adeyemi, special adviser to the minister, Mohammed explained that the N521bn that had been approved by the national assembly, as part of the passed supplementary budget of N574.4bn, would be enough to cover the fuel subsidy till the end of the year.

He also said that the fuel scarcity that had triggered vehicular queues across the country would no longer repeat itself, declaring: “We can assure you that we won’t be caught in this kind of situation again.”

He hinted that the 2016 budget would soon be submitted to the national assembly, “and it will address the yearnings of Nigerians”.