Tag: Filling stations

  • Fire Outbreaks: FCTA cautions filling stations on guidelines, discharge regulations adherence

    Fire Outbreaks: FCTA cautions filling stations on guidelines, discharge regulations adherence

    By Joyce Remi-Babayeju

    Owing to incessant fire outbreaks in filling stations in the Territory, the Federal Capital Territory Administration has cautioned petrol station owners to always adhere to guidelines and regulations of discharging fuel in the territory to avoid future occurrences.

    The Acting Director, FCT Fire Service, Engr. Sani Saidu, gave this caution today during a meeting with owners of Filling Stations, managers, supervisors of oil & gas stations in the territory.

    He complained that the rate of explosion of fuel tankers in Abuja was becoming worrisome and must be addressed.

    Saidu, said that the meeting was necessary following recent Fire incidents at filling stations.

    He warned that all dealers and stakeholders in the city must henceforth adhere to the guidelines issued to them by the Fire Service for the safety of people and property.

    Speaking on the reason for incessant fire outbreaks in petrol stations, Saidu said that petrol dealers ought to be careful during dry weather, which is a vulnerable season which demands caution.

    He said that the administration would not tolerate activities that would cause fire outbreak, especially during dry season.

    The Director advised fuel station owners and other relevant stakeholders to always liaise with the service to prevent fire disaster across the city.

    “There are some accidents that can’t be avoided but as there are others caused by our careless way of doing things, I don’t care attitude would not help us.”

    “When there is fire outbreak as a result of discharging of fuel, both the station owner and the residents suffer, including the government and Fire Service men.”

    Owners of filling station, oil, and gas dealers must be awake to their responsibility of heeding to discharge regulations. FCT Fire Service will not accept careless activities that would result in fire outbreaks, Saidu said.

  • Fuel Scarcity; NSCDC Deploys Officers To Filling Stations In Kogi

    Fuel Scarcity; NSCDC Deploys Officers To Filling Stations In Kogi

    From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja

    As the fuel scarcity persist coupled with unwholesome hoarding practices by the stations operators, the kogi Commandant of the NSCDC, Suleiman Mafara has deployed men of the anti vandal unit of the corps to stations across kogi state to bring sanity to sales and distribution of petroleum products .

    Speaking with our correspondent on Friday in Lokoja, Mafara, said the deployment was in line with the Commandant-General’s directives, to ensure normalcy in the pump price of petrol and prevent sales of adulterated petroleum products to unsuspecting motorists.

    He said, to enforce compliance , men of the anti vandal unit has been mobilised and deployed to major filling stations in Lokoja metropolis and other main cities across the state.

    The commandant added that reports from the field shows significant compliance by the operators, stressing that, his men were able to prevent sales in jerry cans, extortion and dispensing above regulated prices.

    He however called on the public to give his men maximum support to ensure that they receive value for their money even in the face of scarcity.

    Some of the stations covered by the officers in Lokoja metropolis include, Nipco at Lokongoma, AYM Shafa, AA.Rano, and Total stations on Ganaja intersection roads.

  • DPR Seals Filling Stations Selling Petrol Above Approved Price In Imo

    DPR Seals Filling Stations Selling Petrol Above Approved Price In Imo

    The Department of Petroleum Resources has sealed some petrol stations in Imo State, south-east Nigeria.

    On Friday, the Zonal Controller of DPR in Imo, Roseline Wilki, led a team of officials on a routine monitoring exercise in Owerri, the state capital.

    During the operation, some filling stations were sealed for selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, above the authorised pump price.

    “We are here to ensure that there is quality, to ensure availability of the product, and to ensure that you don’t have adulterated product and that there is no hoarding,” Wilki told reporters at one of the filling stations sealed.

    She added, “We are here to ensure that the operators are selling within the government approved pump price.

    “We will definitely sanction those that are not selling within the (government approved) pump price and for the adulteration; we will make sure that they (consumers) get the right product.”

    Wilki explained that the need to monitor some petrol stations became necessary because of the outcry over the increase in the price of petrol.

    She stated that the action of the erring independent marketers was against the directive of the Federal Government on the sale of the product.

    The DPR zonal controller urged the residents in the state to disregard any rumour of an increase in the pump price of petrol.

    She also advised them to report any independent marketer who sells above the normal pump price to the department and warned operators against hoarding and quality delivery.

    Wilki said, “Right from the depot, we are going to do carriages inspection and ensure that products that are being loaded are within the correct spec.

    “They (residents) should not rely on black market products because wherever they find that there are issues, they should not hesitate to report to the department, and we have offices in almost every state of the Federation.”

  • BREAKING: Filling stations shut down operation in Rivers

    BREAKING: Filling stations shut down operation in Rivers

    Filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have begun strike over the arrest of some tanker drivers and seizure of their vehicles.

    The majority of the filling stations were said to have stopped dispensing fuel to motorists and other consumers since midnight on Tuesday after another tanker was said to have been seized by the State Task Force on illegal parking.

    Our correspondent, who monitored the situation in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, observed that Tonnino Filling Station, Jet and Royal Dynasty on Ada George Road were all shut down.

    Also, Eterna filling station located along Peter Odili Road was also shut down.