Nigeria, May 5 -- Motorists and irrigation farmers are counting their losses in Kano and neighbouring Jigawa State following weeks of fuel scarcity that led to exorbitant prices being charged by filling stations across the states.

PREMIUM TIMES correspondent monitored the situation in both states between Monday and Friday and saw residents struggling to get fuel to meet their routine needs.

While petrol sells above N1,000 per litre in some stations, motorists in long queues struggle for the product at the few stations that have it, especially the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) outlets.

At the NNPCL outlets selling the product at N620 per litre, some motorists and irrigation farmers lamented that they spent days in the ...