DPR seals 6 filling stations, enforces N145 per litre in Anambra

The Division of Petroleum Property (DPR) has seal off 6 gasoline stations in Anambra for allegedly hoarding and promoting petrol above the official pump price of N145 per litre.

The affected filling stations have been positioned in Awka, the capital metropolis, Onitsha the industrial metropolis and neighbouring Nkpor and Obosi.

NAN tales that Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) equipped between N220 to N240 per litre in Awka and most parts of Anambra at retailers owned by main and impartial entrepreneurs.

The DPR furthermore enforced the federal authorities licensed pump price of N145 per litre by supervising the shelling out of over 16,000 litres of PMS to prospects contained in the state.

Talking on their subject operation in Anambra, Mr Callistus Obodoechina of the Retail Retailers and selling Unit, DPR Enugu workplace acknowledged the enforcement would proceed till entrepreneurs complied.

Obodoechina acknowledged the explanations for sealing the filling stations embody promoting product above the licensed pump price, refusal to revert to widespread cost. alleged involvement in diversion and hoarding of merchandise.

“In accordance with the resolve of DPR to make sure that Nigerians notably PMS particular person purchase the product on the authorities licensed pump price, we now have intensified monitoring correct proper right here in Anambra.

“Our operate is to make sure that each marketer who has merchandise sells on the widespread price and make that there is not a such issue as a hoarding and diversion.

“In two days we now have supervised the sale of over 16, 000 litres of PMS to most individuals at N145 and the sense of help clear on the faces of individuals.

“We furthermore sealed six filling stations that refused to revert instantly on the excuse that the director or technician was not spherical and people who hoarded or diverted merchandise.

The official acknowledged it was unlucky that entrepreneurs contained in the state had continued to cheat prospects whatever the federal authorities pronouncement on the state of affairs.

Furthermore talking, Mr Uyinme Akpan, an official of DPR deplored a state of affairs the place entrepreneurs return to the exploitative methods shortly after the DPR enforcement workforce left their filling stations.

Akpan warned that such observe is perhaps met with strict utility of the regulation and suggested them to every promote on the licensed cost or don’t promote in the slightest degree.

He assured prospects in Anambra of continued safety of the DPR and impressed them to report defiant entrepreneurs for related actions.

Throughout the meantime prospects in Anambra have endorsed the DPR for its mitigating place and generally known as for an extra sturdy enforcement by deployment of further groups to the state.

Mr Chris Nduka acknowledged Anambra was so monumental that one workforce of DPR enforcers cannot create the specified have an effect on on account of perspective of entrepreneurs who've been bent on ripping off their prospects.

“The federal authorities iis doing correctly by the actions of DPR nonetheless it's not ample, the company have to be beefed up with manpower to effectively take care of te state of affairs,” he acknowledged.