In a swift response to the yearnings of the people over the acute scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) which has subjected citizens to untold hardships, Kwara State Government has commenced monitoring exercise and spot assessment of petroleum filling stations in Ilorin, the state capital.
The State Commissioner for Business Innovation and Technology, Arinola Lawal, led the monitoring team comprising top ministry officials and personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps to unbundle hoarded fuel and enforce fuel sales to motorists in the metropolis.
The Commissioner has been able to ensure the fuel supply and distributions to petrol stations in the state, which has enabled the government to identify dealers who have taken delivery of petroleum products.
With the exercise around the Ilorin metropolis, it was ensured that reserved fuel was sold to motorists to avoid unnecessary queues at filling stations.
Lawal charged fuel dealers to follow laid down procedures by law in their daily activities even as she warned that the authority would not hesitate to seal up erring filling stations who run afoul of the law.
“Hoarding petroleum products would not do the people any good. The poor masses might be at the receiving end which the present administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq does not take kindly to, while those hoarding it are also risking fire outbreaks. Hoarding fuel is bad, head or tail, and must be totally avoided” she added.
Lawal explained that the monitoring exercise was to ensure adequate sales of petroleum products to motorists with immediate effect.
Filling stations visited by the team include Total, BOVAS, and Total Comfort, located at Surulere, Yidi Road and Gaa Akanbi, within the Ilorin metropolis, as they ensured the full cooperation of all the managers of the filling stations.
Our correspondent gathered that motorists have been forming long queues at a few petrol stations that have fuel in stock in the metropolis.
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