Checking out this picture, some of you will find it hilarious, while others will just stay shocked.
This is a filling station in Lagos, Nigeria where you can literally see a ‘generator queue.

Due to the drop in power generation and inevitably, the poor power supply, and ‘Sahara Desert’ type of heat in my homes, coupled with the fuel scarcity several Nigerians stormed to the filling stations to struggle to get fuel for their generators at home.

NigerianEye‘s investigations however revealed that the petrol attendants had instructions from ‘above’ not to sell fuel in plastic jerry cans or gallons, so some people went back home to bring their generator tanks (some even brought the whole generator) to the filling stations.

Fuel was sold above the recommended 86.50 Naira per litre in all the filling stations visited by NE, this is after the ‘generator queue’ customers also pay the attendant extra N500.

But really, you just got to wonder, what is the difference between a gallon and a generator tank? Aren’t both containers despite of different materials?

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