In its efforts towards ensuring compliance with the rules and regulations guiding the industry, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed 12 filling stations in Gassol and Wukari, Taraba State for allegedly breaching regulations and guiding the industry.
DPR Operation Controller, Jalingo Field Office, Jeremiah Mashat, stated this while speaking with journalists on the update of a two-day surveillance visit carried out on various petrol stations in Wukari, Gassol and Jalingo Local Government Areas of the state.
“The sealed petrol stations were found to be dispensing the petrol to the public above the approved pump price of N145 per litre.
“Today, we visited about 12 filling stations and out of the 12, four were selling their products above the pump price. Those selling above the pump price were sanctioned and as I am talking to you now, they are making commitments to pay their fines of N100, 000 per pump,” he said.
According to him, four other stations were sanctioned for lack of sensitive cooperation in their operations, adding that the stations that fall under this category remain sealed until their safety facilities were put in order.
He added that some marketers were sanctioned for operating in unhealthy environments, while others had inadequate fire extinguishers.
“The exercise is to ascertain the quality and quantity of the products dispensed to the public, price compliance and/or enforcement and more importantly, the mode of operations by the marketers” , he stated.
He pointed out that the exercise is geared towards ensuring that the facilities are licensed with a view to yielding revenue to the federal government.
He disclosed that the exercise was continuous, saying it would be extended to all nooks and crannies of the state.
