Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of any filling station that is found to
be hoarding fuel in order to create artificial scarcity or is selling above
official rate.
He said the government, along with the Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR), will set up a joint task force to move round filling stations to
ascertain their compliance with laid down rules and regulations guiding
their operations.
The Governor’s threat followed the excruciating fuel scarcity bedeviling
Sokoto town and environs which has been lingering for over two weeks.
Speaking when he inspected sale of fuel at some filling stations in Sokoto
Sunday, Tambuwal said government will not fold its arms and watch
unscrupulous marketers hold the people to ransom.
He said the supply of the commodity from the Nigeria national Petroleum
Cooperation (NNPC) has not altered, as such, no one should create
artificial scarcity to burden the people.
The Governor, who was accompanied by the Speaker of the state House of
Assembly, Salihu Maidaji, urged all those hoarding the commodity to quickly
open their stations.
“The committee will go round, and any filling station found hoarding fuel
will face the full wrath of the law,” Tambuwal added.
The Governor commended the management of one of the filling stations
visited, SAK Petroleum, for discharging the commodity promptly and at
official price.