The Federal Government has sealed over 200 filling stations nationwide over sharp practices ranging from manipulation of fuel pumps, over-pricing and adulteration of petrol.
The spokesperson of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Dorothy Bassey who confirmed this during a telephone chat , said the affected stations were sanctioned for violating the laws and regulations of the downstream sector.
Bassey
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“We are mindful of inflicting further hardship but the laws of the land have to be obeyed,” she maintained.
Investigations showed that whereas most major marketers were selling at N87 per litre, many of the independent marketers were selling at prices above the approved pump price.
She explained that the DPR had a special team dedicated to tackling the various issues in different parts of the country and reiterated the Department’s determination to curtail abuses in the products marketing sub sector