Adamawa records 95% compliance with new fuel price, says DPR

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Monday said that oil marketers in Adamawa recorded 95 per cent compliance with the new petrol pump price regime of N86.50k.

The Operation Controller of DPR in Yola Zonal office, Mr Akenn Musa, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola.

According to him, both major and independent marketers have complied with the new price regime announced by the Federal Government.

Musa said that officials of the DPR were deployed round some major towns in the state to ensure compliance with the new pump price policy of the Federal Government.

He said that the department had identified few cases of diversion of the products to unauthorised places and had so far handed over those involved to the security agencies for onward prosecution.

Musa commended the inter-agency collaboration in achieving effective enforcement of the government policy.

According to him, the DSS, NSCDC and many other security agencies have supported us in ensuring that marketers do not flout the rules.

Musa however, said that shortage of manpower was militating against effective enforcement of the policy, adding that operatives of the department could not monitor all fuel stations in the state at the same time.

He said that the zonal office had a staff strength of 15, covering both Adamawa and Taraba.

Musa said those marketers, who would comply when officials of DPR were around and revert back to the old prices after departure, should desist from such acts.

According to him, the department would not hesitate to sanction such marketers.

He urged members of the public to assist the department by giving information about violators of the new pump price policy.

Musa urged the public to provide accurate and factual information that would lead to the identification of violators.

The controller also advised the public to stop buying petrol from “black marketers’’.

He noted that the activities of the black marketers had increased sharp practices in the industry.

Musa said that lack of patronage would reduce such illegal act by oil marketers.

NAN reports that the Federal Government announced a new petrol pump price of N86 and N86.50k for NNPC and other oil marketers respectively with effect from Jan. 1, 2016.