Kwara State government has given a marching order to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to expose fuel dealers who are hoarding products thereby causing panic buying and unnecessary hardship on motorists.
Speaking in a meeting with the DPR in Ilorin on Friday, the state commissioner for Business Innovation and Enterprise, Hajia Arinola Lawal, said that the state government was not happy with the long queues in filling stations and the panic over the scarcity of fuel in the state.
It is recalled that motorists, as well as commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the past few days, had experienced fuel scarcity, thus hiked fares in some parts of the state.
Hajia Lawal reiterated the commitment of the current administration in ensuring a conducive and meaningful life for people in the state, to enable them to benefit from the dividend of democracy.
She also sought stronger collaboration between the DPR and the state government in monitoring activities of the petroleum products to motorists and other users.
Hajia Lawal reminded the DPR to also checkmate the reported outright increase in the price of gas in order to encourage citizens to utilize cooking gas and to avoid deforestation or bush burning in the state through the use of charcoal.
The commissioner enjoined the DPR to invoke their authority to deal with erring dealers who hoard products and deliberately lock up their entrances against motorists.
Also speaking, the DPR operation controller, Alhaji Aminu-Musa Bala, said that the dealers only hoard it for their own selfish gains.
The DPR boss also informed the state government of the ongoing concerted efforts to make domestic gas available for the public.
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