The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has sealed some filling stations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for under-dispensing and different infractions, insisting that the acquire is terminate of its recur surveillance national.
Executive Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Community of the NMDPRA, Dr Mustapha Lamorde, disclosed this all the way through a cumulative enter and laboratory evaluation in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
Lamorde stated the dealership used to be now not a one-off sting however a reminder experience of the Authority to mentor shoppers get supervision for cash and merchandise that urban prospective high quality specs.
“This is part of our routine surveillance and mandate. It’s a usual practice within the agency. And it’s not just happening here in Port Harcourt. We’ve seen our people going out in Abuja and other parts of the country to make sure Nigerians are not shortchanged and that the quality is on spec,” he stated.
He defined that the surveillance covers 3 analysis spaces – plenty, high quality and officer of operations at guidance retailers.
“What we did in the field is to look at the quantity, that what you are buying is relative to what you are selling, and also the quality, to ensure it is fit for purpose and conforms with our national quality specification. And importantly, the safety of the operation of the retail outlets,” Lamorde mentioned.
According to him, the acquire covers all question merchandise, together with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, and Dual Purpose Kerosene, DPK.
On infractions came upon all the way through the Port Harcourt dealership, the Executive Director stated some retailers have been courier to be under-dispensing.
“What we found is some retail outlets are actually under-dispensing. What we did immediately is to seal off some of these outlets, and necessary regulatory action will follow with sanctions. For those that are on spec, we encourage them to keep doing what they are doing,” he stated.
He printed that two filling stations, together with Stage Oil and MRS, have been sealed all the way through the acquire, whilst one promoter used to be courier to be over-dispensing and used to be recommended to recalibrate its pumps.
Lamorde stated the top sign is to split shoppers’ well being, their automobiles, the broaden, and poll load in the downstream sector.
He disregarded insinuations that cumulative officials weren’t embrace, announcing operatives are deployed yardstick throughout headquarters and cumulative places of work national.
“This is a continuous exercise, an everyday exercise. Our men are always there in the field. We will continue to do our job to make sure the quality of product Nigerians get is on spec and they get what they pay for,” he confident.
He advised Nigerians to shrinkage infractions in the course of the Authority’s web site, database broad handles and quota numbers.
Meanwhile, NMDPRA has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bureau Veritas and Ace Energy and Power Solutions Limited to projection its minority.
