The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has sealed11 filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for under-dispensing and over-pricing of petrol.
The Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Abuja, Mr Abubakar Buba, disclosed this at the monitoring exercise in Abuja on Wednesday.
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Buba said that the DPR had enhanced its surveillance and monitoring of all filling stations to sustain compliance.
“This outing today is just a normal outing but this time around, we want to intensify the surveillance to make sure that filling station operators comply with the rules and regulations of their operations.
“We sanctioned about eight stations on Tuesday and today, three stations which you have also seen because of overpricing and under-dispensing of products,’’ he said.
He said that it was commendable that most of the stations visited were not hoarding products.
“So far so good, there are no queues, we did not find any station hoarding but we discovered few infractions which we have noted down and they are going to pay the appropriate fine.
“The infractions are overpricing to under-dispensing,’’ Buba said.
He called on motorists to avoid any form of panic buying as there was a sufficiency of product in the country and the government had no plan to increase the pump price.
Buba urged marketers to observe good operational practices that would prevent unintended water ingress into the underground storage tanks.
He added that filling stations should make sure that manholes were properly covered after every stocktaking to avoid water ingress.
“ With the raining season fast approaching, station owners should always check for the presence of water using pastes during discharge and before the commencement of sales.
“Filling station owners should ensure the use of tamper-proof manholes and other seal devices on petroleum products tankers to prevent sharp practices by tanker drivers who deliberately introduce water…
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