The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Zone - B has decried the untold hardship being experienced by Nigerians in filling stations across the country, saying that it is unacceptable.

The union's national Vice President, Dele Atunbi on Wednesday lamented that the long queues was a mark of plan on the part of those in charge of the oil sector.

It was of the view that for Nigerians to celebrate centenary anniversary with an endless waiting game in filling stations was not a good development for a great nation like Nigeria.

It bemoaned the sales of even the product above the approved pump price and called on the Federal Government to show enormous interest in the oil sector by ensuring that fuel is made available forthwith across the country.

It decried a situation whereby Nigerians will be suffering in the midst of plenty.The zone challenges all the regulatory agencies in the oil sector to bring sanity into the sector by ensuring that no filling station sells above the approved pump price. It expressed concern over the extortion going on in the sector with the sale of petrol at N130 per litre.

The union averted that the trend was not in the best interest of the nation. In Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, apart from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) along Iwo-Ojo road and Oando Filling Station which at normal price, others who opened sell between N120 and N130. In all the filling stations that opened for business in the state capital, there was long queue of vehicles