Abuja (Core Reporters) Irked by the current scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) the federal government has warned against illegal sale of the product.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA,
gave the warning in a statement through its official X account, where it warned Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) retailers against illegal sale of the product in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and neighboring Nasarawa and Niger states
The regulator urged retail outlets to desist from servicing black marketers.
NMDPRA embarks on a war against the illegal sale of petroleum products, especially PMS in jerrycans.
“Filling stations are advised to desist from servicing illegal peddlers, failure to do so would result in the suspension of retail licenses,” it warned.
This comes on the back of the deepening fuel scarcity in the Nation’s capital.
Currently a lot of filling stations are not dispensing fuel, a situation that has led to long queues in the few filling stations dispensing fuel
Recall that two weeks ago, the NNPCL in a statement by its spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye had attributed the scarcity to a hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels.
However, fuel scarcity remains a recurring decimal without permanent solution.
Last month, Billy Gillis-Harry, the President of the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association, PETROAN, said the Nigerian government should set up a war council to tackle the continued occurrence of fuel scarcity in the country.
