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Niger DPR Confirms Availability Of Fuel Across The State

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Niger State said that the issue of fuel scarcity is fast disappearing at the filling stations in the … Continue reading Niger DPR Confirms Availability Of Fuel Across The State


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DPRThe Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Niger State said that the issue of fuel scarcity is fast disappearing at the filling stations in the state, following a dramatic improvement in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit {PMS} in Minna the state capital and other major towns in parts of the state.

The DPR Operations Controller in the state, Engr Abdullahi Isah Jankara, confirmed this in an interview in Minna, adding that the department has started receiving over 15, 16 and 18 fuel laden trucks for delivery at various filling stations in the last couple of days.

He pointed out that as a result of the development, queues have started disappearing at filling stations in Minna and its environs unlike before when  motorists were choked at NNPC Mega stations within and outside the state capital.

“So far, we can testify to what is going on in the state with regards to the availability of fuel. Thereare some elements of improvements now across the state.

“Like I said before sometimes ago that we received nothing, sometimes we received three trucks, like some three days now we have been receiving over 15, 16, 18 trucks to Niger state.

“So, that is a dramatic improvement and it is because of that you are seeing a lot of queues disappearing”, said the DPR Boss.

He further noted that “we are urging the public to be patient because I think things are beginning to improve, while the only advice I will also give to the public is to beware of these illegal outlets”.

Jankara assured that once the problem of fuel scarcity subsides finally that the DPR operations office in Minna will really be out to checkmate illegal operators in the distribution chain, adding that these people were the ones that were selling all these adulterated products causing damages to vehicles, tricycles and motorcycles.

He also revealed that his office has been inundated with complaints by some customers in Minna that a filling station around Bosso community in Minna was allegedly mixing water with so many things and selling it as fuel to unsuspecting members of the public.

“We are going to report them to law enforcement agents and get some of them arrested. We have intensified our surveillance efforts in monitoring the surveillance and as we are doing this, you know a lot of marketers will not be happy with us. But we just have to allow our conscience to guide us and do what we think is right”, he maintained.