DPR Warns Against Inflation Of Gas Price
The Department of Petroleum Resources has warned against sharp practices and illegal sales of Liquefied Petroleum Gas across Nigeria, stating that it poses a serious danger to the gas sector.
The Operations Controller, DPR, Warri Zonal Office, Antai Asuquo, gave the warning at the Department’s Annual General Meeting in Warri, Delta State
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He said henceforth, all trucks involved in the illegal trade would be impounded while the owner company would take full responsibilities of their drivers.
The DPR controller said ‘black market’ was discouraging to the LPG business operators, noting that the Federal Government had committed so much resources to grow and expand gas utilisation in the country.
The Department had in December last year shutdown some unlicensed Liquefied Petroleum Gas refilling plants and a filling station over poor quality of the product.
The Port Harcourt zonal office had shutdown seven unlicensed Liquefied Petroleum Gas refilling plants and a filling station over poor the quality of product
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Similarly, the Lagos State Zonal Office of the Department also shut shut down 85 illegal gas plants in the state.
Asuquo noted the concerted effort by all stakeholders including the Lagos State Government to stamp out illegal gas business in the state in order to curb gas explosions.
He stated, “The major infractions that we have seen are product diversion, unauthorised decanting and illegal construction of plants.
“We will not allow illegal facilities to operate. Right now, we are collaborating with a lot of stakeholders including the Lagos State Government to eradicate all the illegal plants. We have so many of those illegal plants and we are taking them out one by one.”
He said the DPR would not compromise standards, noting that it remains committed to preventing loss of lives and property from fire or explosions.
