The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Katsina State, Nigeria has threatened to sanction any filling station found selling the product above the government regulated price of N125.
GoldenNewsNg reports that Malam Aminu Sanusi the acting Controller of Operations in the state, stated this on Monday 23rd of March 2020 while after a tour to four filling stations in the state capital to ensure total compliance.
According to Controller of Operations in the state the agency uses the Seraphin can to measure petrol dispensed by filling stations who might want to engage in fraudulent activities.
His statement reads: “Any defaulter, we have a lot of protocol of sanctions that we do to any defaulter. If we find out that you are still selling above the pump price, there are sanctions.
“Each pump that we find you are selling above the government regulated price, we are going to charge you N100, 000 per pump.
“So if you have 10 pumps and they are all selling above pump price, you will have to pay N1million, depending on the number of pumps that we catch selling above the price.
The warning of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) comes five days after the Federal Government had approved the reduction of the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), from N145 with immediate effect.
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