Report Errant Filling Stations, DPR Urges Public

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Katsina State, has advised the public to report any filling station found hoarding petroleum products to the appropriate authority in the state.

The DPR Operation Controller in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani, gave the advice in Katsina, on Monday, in an interview with newsmen.

He said public cooperation was necessary to check the illegal activities of some filling stations that were engaging in sharp practices in major towns in the state.

“Such reports will assist us in carrying out our responsibility and ensuring that the offending filling stations are appropriately punished to serve as a deterrent to others,” he said.

Sani, who attributed the persistent fuel scarcity in the state to the nefarious activities of some marketers, warned that the department would not fold its arms and allow such activities to continue.

He regretted that some of the marketers were still hoarding and diverting the products despite efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ensure that they were available in all parts of the state.

Sani said the department had dispatched its monitoring teams to major towns in the state to monitor the distribution and sale of the products to the public.

He warned that any marketer or filling station found perpetrating the illegal act would be sanctioned.