Nigeria: Petroleum Products Task Force Clamps Down on Petrol Hawkers
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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 |
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The Task Force on Monitoring of Petroleum Products Distribution in
Cross River has declared war against street hawking of petrol,
promising to flush them out in one week.
The Chairman of the task force, Mr Kasmir Obock, told local media in
Calabar that the petroleum products hawkers were “security risk” that
the government would not tolerate. He said that the security unit
of the task force had been directed to flush out the hawkers and ensure
that they did not return to the streets again.
The task force chairman said there was no scarcity of petroleum
products, especially petrol, in the state, and wondered why street
trading in petrol was beginning to flourish. He also warned oil
marketers in the state against adulteration of petroleum products, and
said measures had been taken to ensure constant availability of the
products around the state. He said the task force had received
assurances from authorities at the fuel depot in Calabar that enough
stock would be available, particularly during the tourism surge
expected to begin next month.
Obock cautioned against sale of the products above official rates, and
said that from the end of October, “we will embark on full monitoring
to ensure availability and price stability”.
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