Nigeria: DPR shuts 6 gas stations for selling above price

Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has shut down 6 gas stations in Minna in an effort to tackle marketers selling fuel above pump price.

“Some petrol stations in Minna are not selling petroleum product at the government approved price while those who claim to be selling at the approved price have adjusted their pump,” told a DPR engineer to Daily Times.

After decades of independent fuel retailers setting their own prices, legally or illegally, the DPR is toughing their stance as they try to impose the government set fuel prices.

“If you are not ready to do business in line with the guidelines, leave and go into another business. The era of illegality is gone,” added the DPR engineer.

Meanwhile, around the city of Lagos motorists have been suffering severe fuel shortages, with huge queues forming around any gas stations with fuel available.