The leadership of a human rights organisation, the Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network, has urged Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, the Department of State Services, the Department of Petroleum Resources, and other relevant agencies to investigate the price increase and adulteration of petroleum products in the state.
Otuekong Isong, State Director of CHRAN, stated this on Friday while unveiling the organization’s state executives at the Watbridge Hotel and Suites in Uyo.
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Isong, who stated that his office had received reports of many fuel stations selling adulterated petrol, resulting in damage to fuel pumps and engines of many vehicles in Akwa Ibom State, urged the DSS to extend the ultimatum it gave to marketers in Abuja to revert to government approved pump price to Akwa Ibom State and ensure that the ultimatum is followed by petroleum marketers in the state.Information Guide Nigeria
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While urging the DPR to do more in the area of monitoring filling stations to ensure that they are not dispensing in adjusted metre or adulterated products, he also urged the Special Assistant to the Governor on Petroleum Matters, Mr. Victor Etefia, to “live up to his responsibilities” in ensuring that marketers comply with the government prescribed price, even as he questioned why no filling station had been sealed off or sanctioned for flouting the government’s diversionary policy even as he wondered why no filling station had been sealed off or sanctioned for flouting government’s directive.
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