Posted on: 02:16 Mon, 04 Apr 2016



In bid to stop the activities of black
market operators and others
illegally benefiting from people in
the current fuel crisis, the Nigeria
Security & Civil Defence Corps
( NSCDC) has ordered a 24-hour
surveillance of petrol stations by
the Officers of the corps.

The Commandant General of
Nigeria Security & Civil Defence
Corps ( NSCDC) Alhaji Abdullahi
gave the order after a meeting with
the Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu at
NNPC towers Abuja,

Federal Government has outlawed
selling of petrol on roadsides and
directed the NSCDC official to
arrest and prosecute offenders.

The deployment of officers of the
Corps to petrol stations across the
country would help check sharp
practices and ensure the smooth
supply and distribution of the
product.

The Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources and Group Managing
Director of the NNPC, Mr. Ibe
Kachikwu, during the meeting,
stated that the involvement of
NSCDC operatives became
necessary following the need to
ensure total eradication of queues
from fuel stations across the
country and for effective
monitoring of the distribution
system.