Nigeria’s economy is on the brink of total collapse as the fuel
crisis lingers on. For days, Nigeria has experienced severe scarcity of
petroleum products. The excruciating effect has gotten deep, mega
corporations are not left out, and everyone is feeling the effect.
Telecoms giants MTN, GLO, Airtel and Etisalat have all released
statements, informing their subscribers about possible network failure.
You can expect calls and internet connections to suffer several setbacks
in the next few days.
MTN official statement:
The management of MTN states that the current diesel
scarcity in most parts of Nigeria is posing a significant threat to
quality of service and the ability to optimally operate the network.
MTN’s available reserves of diesel are running low and the company
must source for a significant quantity of diesel in the near future to
prevent a shut down of services across Nigeria. If diesel supplies are
not received in the next 24 hours, the network will be seriously
degraded and customers will feel the impact.
MTN is working with all stakeholders to ensure that services remain.
MTN sincerely apologizes for any outages and inconvenience that may
occur and seeks the understanding of customers at this time.
Airtel’s official statement.
Airtel Networks Limited wishes to inform our customers
and the general public that the prevailing situation in the country
regarding the scarcity of diesel and other petroleum products is
presently impacting negatively, our commitments to delivering
best-in-class quality of service and seamless telephony experience to
all Nigerians.
Commercial banks are not left out, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank
Guarantee Trust Bank, GTB has equally informed its customers that
banking operations will end by 1PM nationwide from Monday 25, 2015.
Guarantee Trust Bank official statement:
Notice of Early Closure of Branches
The current shortage of petroleum products in the country has limited
our ability to supply diesel to all our branches, in order to continue
normal branch operations. Due to this, we unavoidably have to close our
branches nationwide at 1pm, from tomorrow Monday, 25th May 2015.Whilst
we have had to take this step to close branch operations early, we would
like to seek your understanding at this time, and assure you that we
will continue to work hard at finding alternative solutions to this
situation and will advise you once the situation has abated. However,
all our alternative channels will be fully functional and available for
all your Personal and Business Banking: e-Branches Automated Teller
Machines (ATMs)Internet Banking
Higher institutions have also been forced to prematurely stop
lectures and postpone examinations. This nation’s economy is on the
brink, no one knows for sure when the lingering fuel crisis in Nigeria
will end.
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