THE Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) Monday sealed over 10 filling stations in Bauchi for selling PMS above the regulated pump price of N145 per liter just as the scarcity of the commodity bites harder. Team leader of the Bauchi State office of the DPR disclosed that the measure taken by the Department was in line with the directives from the headquarters in Abuja. ALSO READ: DPR seals NNPC station over safety lapses in OgunAt the Gokaru and Inkya filling stations along Dass Road, the officials of DPR were seen enforcing the sealing order because the stations were selling at the sum of N220 per liter as against the regulated pump price. The DPR officials proceeded to Mararraban Liman -Katagum and Dass where they also sealed all the filling stations that were selling above the government pump price. As it is now, the fuel scarcity is Bauchi State is biting harder as only a few filling stations are selling at the approved pump price while users have to go through hardships to get it after spending hours on the queue at the stations.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 08, 2018 16:07 UTC