Posted on: 05:16 Mon, 09 Nov 2015



As part of effort to ensure the
availability of petrol, guard against
hoarding and artificial scarcity, the
Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) in Kwara State has sealed off six
petroleum filling stations.

The DPR’s new Operation Controller
in the state, Phillips Salvation,
alongside other officials, monitored
petrol stations in Ilorin, the Kwara
State capital, to ensure that they
comply with rules guiding the
purchase and selling of the products.

The monitoring process included
checking of metres, the quantity of
fuel in the tanks and the quality of
the fuel being sold, among others.
Those found wanting were fined
with two million naira each and
their stations were sealed.

The monitoring team had to move in
company of security operatives due
to an ugly incident that occurred a
day earlier, where some officials of
DPR were attacked by hoodlums.

However, the manager of the station,
while explaining the situation,
absolved his staff of any attempt to
attack the staff of DPR, but blamed it
on petroleum buyers who thought
they were about stopping the sale of
petrol, having waited for hours.

The Controller, however, gave the
assurance that the monitoring would
be a continuous exercise and warned
filling stations to abide by the rules
and regulations.