The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) on Friday, August 16, 2024, announced that it would suspend the licences of some petroleum marketers involved in peddling products.
NMDPRA said marketers aiding the peddling of petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit in jerry cans will be made to face the music.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting involving major retail outlet managers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ogbugo Ukoha, the Executive Director of Distribution Systems, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure at the agency said marketers were warned to desist from such acts.
Mr Ukoha said that henceforth the authority would ensure strict compliance to the dispensing of products to motorists across the country.
According to him, the NMDPRA would increase its surveillance monitoring routine and clamp down on erring marketers found aiding and abetting this practice by suspending their retail licences.
“The authority is taking this decisive step to safeguard lives and properties of Nigerians that are usually at risk of fire outbreaks through improper handling of the volatile and highly flammable product.
“The authority is also mindful of the nefarious practices of cross border smuggling of the products with the use of jerry cans and must tackle such,’’ he said.
