The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says it has sanctioned 87
erring marketers over various offences in Lagos and its environs. A
statement signed by its management said on Monday in Lagos that 67
retail outlets, operating without storage and sale licences or approval
to construct a filling station, were also clamped down from Aug. 3 to
date.
“In a routine week-long surveillance operations of retail outlets in the
Lagos Zonal operations of the Department of Petroleum Resources, we
visited 90 petrol filling stations.
“Some had a number of their pumps sealed off, while others had the
entire facility completely shut down as a result of various infractions
which ranged from under dispensing of petrol, to illegal operation of a
station without a license, and, in some cases, outright abandonment of
the facility.
“A lot of the filling stations were found to be selling petrol above the
stipulated official pump price of N87.00 and even under dispensing by
as much as two litres per every 10 litres. “ In other words, consumers
were paying for the equivalent of 10 litres of petrol, while actually
being served about eight litres.
“In particular, DPR completely sealed up those stations found to have
been operating without a licence and have given them the opportunity to
formally apply for a licence as a means to regularise their operations.
The statement said that the inspections of retail outlets of the
downstream sector were a routine activity that was carried out daily in
order to ensure compliance to basic regulations and the continuous
availability of products to consumers at official prices. The Lagos zone
operations covers Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Kwara and Lagos states.
good thing for those thieves.
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