Chairman of the Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products in Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Bako, says marketers caught diverting petroleum products in the state will henceforth pay a fine of N150 per litre of the diverted product.
“The decision followed 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),” Bako, who is also the Commissioner for Commerce stated.
The chairman said the Task Force had confiscated eight drums and 50 Jerry cans of PMS and fined the petrol station involved N4.2 million since its inauguration.
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje last week inaugurated the 17-member task force as part of efforts to address the lingering fuel scarcity in the state.