The Adamawa office of the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) said it renewed the operation licences of about 85 per cent of the existing 530 petroleum stations in the state.
Sadeeq Ibraheem, NMDPRA’s regional coordinator, disclosed this in Yola on Monday.
Mr Ibraheem explained that the remaining filling stations that could not complete the renewal of their licences were waiting for tax clearance certificates from the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
He explained that the agency would not renew operations documents of a retail outlet without an accompanying tax clearance certificate, stressing that it would not compromise the basic policy requirements.
He stated that challenges facing the agency’s operational activities included unnecessary objections from communities in building new petrol stations even after due processes were observed.
The coordinator emphasised that the agency had since prohibited siting of…
