{"id":68906,"date":"2025-06-24T10:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68906"},"modified":"2025-06-24T10:46:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T10:46:36","slug":"lawmaker-defends-fuel-sale-ban-in-border-areas-cites-smuggling-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/24\/lawmaker-defends-fuel-sale-ban-in-border-areas-cites-smuggling-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmaker Defends Fuel Sale Ban in Border Areas, Cites Smuggling Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, a member of the House of Representatives representing Yewa South\/Ipokia Federal Constituency of Ogun State, has defended the continued ban on fuel sales in Nigeria\u2019s border communities, stressing that the policy is crucial in curbing cross-border fuel smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists, Isiaka explained that the affected areas, due to their proximity to neighboring countries, have become major routes for the illegal diversion of subsidized petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, results in significant revenue losses for the government and exacerbates fuel scarcity for citizens within the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough the policy has brought inconvenience to our people, it is a tough but necessary step to safeguard national economic interests,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Isiaka acknowledged the hardship the ban has caused in his constituency and assured that he is engaging relevant authorities to explore measures that would ease the burden on law-abiding residents.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged the Federal Government to fast-track infrastructure development and diversify economic opportunities in border communities to reduce their dependence on fuel-related trade.<\/p>\n<p>The fuel sale restriction, introduced to stem widespread smuggling, has faced widespread criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, government officials and lawmakers maintain that it is an essential tool in the fight against economic sabotage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, a member of the House of Representatives representing Yewa South\/Ipokia Federal Constituency of Ogun State, has defended the continued ban on fuel sales in Nigeria\u2019s border communities, stressing that the policy is crucial in curbing cross-border fuel smuggling. Speaking to journalists, Isiaka explained that the affected areas, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68908,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68906\/revisions\/68908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}