We will sanction stations under-dispensing petrol in Kogi – NMDPRA Coordinator

The Nigerian Mainstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned filling station owners operating in Kogi State to desist from under-dispensing petrol to consumers, assuring that the agency will not hesitate to sanction any offender.

The Coordinator of NMDPRA in Kogi State, Godwin Ogbe, issued the warning in his office in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, while interacting with members of the Correspondent’s Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council.

He stressed that the authority will not tolerate any nefarious activities that could undermine the efforts of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s administration, which aims to ensure that petroleum products are available for Nigerians.

“Filling station owners in Kogi State should desist from any act that is capable of jeopardizing the efforts of the federal government in the supply and sales of petrol.

“Any marketer that cuts corners or under-dispenses petrol or cooking gas in Kogi State, we will clamp down on such a marketer by imposing heavy sanctions.

“You cannot be sabotaging the efforts of the federal government when you are given the liberty to sell the fuel based on what is being sold to you. Therefore, we will not tolerate any act of cheating in dispensing the product,” he stated.