The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Eket Office,
on Monday gave petrol marketers in Akwa Ibom, three days
to revert to N87 pump price or face sanctions.
The
DPR Operations Controller in the state, Mr Asuquo Antai,
said in an interview in Uyo, that there was no reason for the
hike in pump price by the marketers.
Antai said three million litres of petrol was supplied to the
state last week, as such there was no excuse for the current
scarcity of the product.
He warned that the department would seal any petrol station
for three months if found selling the product above the
official price.
“From Thursday Nov. 5, no retail outlet should sell above
government approved price of N87 per litre.
“Any filling station that sells above the price will be shut for
three months and defaulters will have to pay fine before
being reopened for business.
“Any retail outlet that cannot sell for N87 per litre should
close because we are going to monitor them strictly to
ensure compliance”, Antai said.
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