Saturday, August 17, 2024 -The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has warned Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) retailers against illegal sale of the product as scarcity lingers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and neighboring Nasarawa and Niger states.
NMDPRA issued this warning in a statement
through its official X account.
The regulator urged retail outlets to desist
from servicing black marketers.
NMDPRA embarks on a war against the illegal
sale of petroleum products, especially PMS in jerrycans.
“Filling stations are advised to desist from
servicing illegal peddlers, failure to do so would result in the suspension of
retail licenses,” it warned.
This comes on the back of the deepening fuel
scarcity in the Nation’s capital.
The development led to long queues in the
few filling stations dispensing fuel.
Recall that two weeks ago, the NNPCL in a
statement by its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye had attributed the scarcity to a
hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels.
However, fuel scarcity remains a recurring
decimal without permanent solution.
Last month, Billy Gillis-Harry, the
President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association, PETROAN,
said the Nigerian government should set up a war council to tackle the continued occurrence of fuel scarcity in the
country.
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