Following the increase in the pump price of fuel from N179/per litre to N194/litre, fuel scarcity has persisted in Kaduna and its metropolis.
Several filling stations which have adjusted their pump price are locked as they do not have petrol to sell.
Although some independent marketers increased their pump price to between N200 and N300 per litre, motorists, tricycles and commercial bus drivers have continued to patronise them.
Chairman of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, Olumide Adeosun, had earlier called for gradual deregulation of the sector, adding that it feared the current supply framework could not guarantee steady and consistent supplies to the country given the current state of government finances and unpredictable international supply shortages.