Chairman of The Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products in Kano state, Alhaji Rabiu Bako, said during a news conference on Sunday in Kano that any marketers caught diverting petroleum products in Kano State will from now on pay a fine of #150 per litre of the diverted product.Bako , who is the the Commissioner for Commerce in the state, said this measure was to check the continued fuel shortages being experienced in the state as marketers had not heeded series of warnings by the Task Force to oil marketers in the state to desist from sharp practices and illegal increases in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).”
The Commissioner said, the warning was necessary to ensure that all products reached their designated filling stations across the state. The chairman said the Task Force had confiscated eight drums and 50 Jerry cans of PMS and the petrol station involved was fined #4.2 million since its inauguration.
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje inaugurated the 17 member task force last week as part of efforts to address the lingering fuel scarcity in the state.The committee therefore urged members of the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious character to the Task Force or law enforcement agencies nearest to them.
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