The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Eket Field Office has sealed-off a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) filling station in Uyo for discharging petroleum product and dispensing product to motorists at the same time. Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom, Tamunoiminabo Kinsgley-Sundaye disclosed this yesterday while on routine surveillance in Uyo.
He said it was surprising an NNPC filling station could commit such offense and unsafe act, noting that filling stations must end discharging products before selling products to members of the public.He stressed that it was an offence for filling stations to discharge and dispense petrol and other …
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday sealed off an MRS filling station in llorin, the Kwara capital, for allegedly selling fuel with damaged pumps and under dispensing.
Mr Sule Yusuf the DPR Operations Controller in Kwara, ordered that the station be sealed off when he led officials of the organisation on an on-the-spot assessment of operations of filling stations in the state.
The MRS filling station sealed is located on Wahab Folawiyo and lbrahim Taiwo road in the llorin metropolis.
The DPR Operations Controller told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the station would remain shut
