Artificial fuel scarcity: Sokoto to revoke C of O of filling stations hoarding fuel
Worried by the activities of petrol marketers in the state, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has said that the government would revoke the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) of any filling station that is found to be hoarding fuel in order to create artificial scarcity or selling above official price.
According to him the government and 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 the sale of fuel at some filling stations in Sokoto Sunday, Tambuwal said government would not fold its arms and watch unscrupulous marketers hold the people to ransom.
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 warned.
He commended the management of one of the filling stations visited, SAK Petroleum, for discharging the commodity promptly and at official price.
