DPR Seals 30 Filling Stations In Sokoto, Kebbi States

[Shola Sholaz]

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) sealed 30 filling stations in Sokoto and Kebbi States between January and November because of various offences.
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The DPR's Zonal Operations Controller in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi States, Alhaji Umar Moriki, announced this on Saturday in Sokoto at the 2013 annual petroleum products marketers' meeting.
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He listed the offences to include under delivery, selling above government-approved pump price and dilapidation of structures.
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Moriki added that the affected filling stations cut across independent and major marketers.
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The controller further announced that the department had uncovered 30 illegal filling stations in the two states.
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"Some of them have been completed while others are still ongoing.
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"Twenty of them are in Kebbi State while the remaining 10 are located in Sokoto State," he said.
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He said, however, that: "The department is taking serious steps towards addressing this ugly trend and will reprimand any defaulting marketer."
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Moriki warned the owners of petroleum stations in the two states against condoning cheating by pump attendants.
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"Reports reaching us indicate that pump attendants are in the habit of surcharging the public.
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" This trend has become rampant now. Owners of filling stations are hereby warned to call their employees to order.
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" Otherwise, we will assume that the owners are actively involved in this malpractice," he said.

[femifemzy3]

So many cheaters in filling stations nowadays in Nigeria and that is very sad.