Diversion Of Fuel Attracts N150 Per Litre Fine In Kano

Marketers caught di
verting Petroleum products in kano State would henceforth pay a fine of N150 per litre.
Chairman of the task Force on Distribution of Petroleum products in the State, Alhaji Rabiu Bako, said this at a news conference yesterday in Kano.
Bako said the measure was to check the continued fuel shortage being experienced in the state.
TheTask Force Chairman who is also the State Commissioner for Commerce said marketers had not heeded to earlier warnings to desist from sharp practices.
“The decision followed series of warnings by the task force to oil marketers in the state to desist from sharp practices and illegal increases in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)”, he said.
Bako stated that any marketer found diverting Petroleum Products would be so sanctioned and also risk forfeiting such products.
He said that the warning was necessary in order to ensure that all products reached their designated filling stations across the state.
The Chairman said, the task force had confiscated eight drums and 50 Jerry cans of PMS and fined the Petrol Stations involved N4.2 million since its inauguration.
The Committee urged members of the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious character to the task Force or law enforcement agencies nearest to them.
It would be recalled that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had last week inaugurated the 17- member task force as part of efforts to address the lingering fuel scarcity in the state.