Diversion of Petroleum Products to Attract N150 Per Litre Fine

Marketers caught diverting petroleum products in Kano State will henceforth pay a fine of N150 per litre of the diverted product.

Alhaji Rabiu Bako, chairman of the Taskforce on Distribution of Petroleum Products in the state, said this during a news conference yesterday in Kano.

Bako said the measure was to check the continued fuel shortages being experienced in the state.

Bako, who is also the commissioner for commerce in the state, said marketers had not heeded the earlier warnings to desist from sharp practices.

“The decision followed series of warnings by the taskforce 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.

He warned that any marketer found diverting petroleum products would be so
sanctioned and also risk forfeiting such products.

Bako said that the warning was necessary in order to ensure that all products reach their designated filling stations across the state.

The chairman said the taskforce had confiscated eight drums and 50 Jerry cans of PMS and fined the petrol station involved N4.2million since its inauguration.

The committee urged members of the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious character to the taskforce or law enforcement agencies nearest to them.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje had last week inaugurated the 17-member taskforce as part of efforts to address the lingering fuel scarcity in the state.




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