Petrol station owners raise alarm over visits by lawmakers

Nigerian lawmakers are visiting petrol stations across the country purportedly to ensure compliance with extant rules and safety precautions, something that is not their duty and leaving accusations of exploitative practices in its wake.

Lawmakers on the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Tank Farms, Petrol, and LPG Stations Compliance have been visiting petrol stations, depots and LPG retail outlets across the country to enforce compliance with public safety measures, usurping the function of the Department of Petroleum Resources.

“DPR has the statutory responsibility…