Fuel Shortage Hits Major Towns In WBGS
The Western Bahr el Ghazal State (WBGS) capital of Wau has promised to backup public transport to cushion the inflation pressure allegedly caused by the scarcity of the hard currencies in circulation. 21 April 2012 Customers get served at the Nile Petroleum station in Wau [©Gurtong/ James Deng] By James Deng Dimo WAU, 21st April 2010 [Gurtong] Until last Thursday morning, a litter of Petrol in Wau County had increased from 7.5 to 9 SSP and a litter of diesel to up to 8 SSP mainly at some fuel stations like Nile Petroleum, while Petrocity station which serves 60% of commercial vehicles is also out of stock. An official at the Nile Petroleum station said the cause of high fuel cost and other commodities is due to the ongoing market forces on hard currencies. “The US Dollar value is high creating the unanticipated skyrocketing market rates forcing our customers to pay more since we are also incurring huge lose as we export fuel from Kenya into South Sudan,” he said. “Imagine that we are transporting our fuel from Mombasa town of Kenya and the cost of transporting 4,000 litters from Juba to Wau is 35,000 SSP,” he said. “We also have several disagreements with the tanker owners due to the poor road conditions including high taxes,” he added. While speaking to Gurtong, another official from Nile petroleum station urged the central bank of South Sudan to consider lending traders and big national companies in the country to allow them have access to the hard currencies. South Sudan recently adopted austerity measures in order to regulate the hard currencies circulating in the country’s economy. The recent fighting between the SPLA and SAF forces at Heglig followed various disagreements from the two sides basically on the oil sharing deal since South Sudan halted its oil production across the country. Posted in: Home -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
