Mohammed Sidi, director, weights and measures
department, federal ministry of industry, trade and investment, says that oil
dealers have been cheating Nigerians of N198,500 per truck of fuel product
sold.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday
during an inspection visit to some fuel stations to ensure that their
measurements were accurate.
“Every weighing equipment in all
sectors of the economy, whether oil and gas or non- oil and gas must be up to
the required standard,” Sidi said.
At Forte Oil Station, Maitama,
opposite Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the team found that customers lost 0.5 litres
of fuel in every 20 litres they bought.
The team sealed three of the
dispensing pumps and collected their certificate of clarification.
“This is because the officials of
Weights and Measures discovered that for every 20 litres of fuel dispensed to
customers of the filling station, not less than 0.5 litres was found to be a
shortage to customers.
“We have 33,000 litres in a truck
and when for every 20 litres, it is short with 0.5 litres which means that in a truck they will
be making a profit of N198,500 per truck,” Sidi said.
The team also visited Forte Oil
station at Ibrahim Babangida Boulevard, opposite National Universities
Commission and found that customers were cheated by the same quantity of fuel.
The team sealed three dispensing
pumps for oil and one for diesel.
At Dan Oil on Airport Road, the
team found that customers lost 0.6 litres for every 20 litres bought and sealed
three petrol pumps and one diesel pump.
At the filling station, the
attendants quickly adjusted some pumps immediately they sighted the officials.
The managers at all the stations
refused to comment.
The team also visited Mabushi
District cement depot and certified bags of cement found in the place as having
the right quantity.
The bags of cement checked were
Bua, Dangote and Sokoto cement products.
The team also visited the 7UP
Company at Idu Industrial Area to measure different products.
At ShopRite mall at the Jabi
Lake, the team expressed satisfaction after measuring different products.
“We are happy because there is a
lot of improvement from the non-oil sectors compared to what we witnessed
before,’ Sidi said.
He appealed to members of the
public report any suspected discrepancies by dealers to the department to
enable it to do its job better.
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