Minna
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has closed down 13 filling stations in Niger state for selling above approved pump price.
Its state controller, Alhaji Isa Jankara, disclosed this at the weekend in Minna.
He said the closed stations were discovered to be dispensing fuel at N205 to N250 per litre during inspection visit, adding that some of the stations were also involved in other form of sharp practices, and that they had been sanctioned appropriately.
Jankara said the affected stations were required to pay fines ranging from N100, 000 to N600, 000, according to the numbers of pumps they were found using.
He said the sealed stations “will have to pay the fines to the TSA account of DPR before their stations will be opened.”
He warned marketers to desist from selling above approved pump price, adding that the Department “will not relent in fishing out those involved in such acts.” Gaidam condoles with Buratai over dad’s demise
