Crimes

NMDPRA seals 8 filling stations for selling petrol above regulated price in Osun

The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed no fewer than eight filling stations in Osun State for selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, above the government-approved pump price.

The NMDPRA Coordinator in Osun State, Kunle Adeyemo, made the disclosure while speaking to newsmen after the agency’s routine surveillance of filling stations in Osogbo, the state capital on Thursday.

Adeyemo said the surveillance was aimed at sensitising Nigerians that the pump price of petrol, as approved by the Federal Government, has not changed.

He stated that the surveillance operation would continue on a daily basis until all marketers within the state reverted to the government-approved price for petrol.

“We are out basically because prices of fuel are getting erratic and we are trying to tell the people that there is a specific price for petroleum and government has not changed it.

“We want to ensure that every filling station in the state adheres strictly to the official price of between N179 and N180 per litre,” the NMDPRA coordinator said.

Adeyemo noted that the affected filling stations were sealed for selling petrol above the official pump price, adding that the NMDPRA would continue to work round the clock to ensure that the masses were not in any way cheated by petroleum marketers.

The NMDPRA coordinator, therefore, appealed to the people of Osun State to always report sharp practices by petroleum marketers at the agency’s office in Osogbo for appropriate action.

The Star