An acute scarcity of petroleum products has forced an increase in the pump price of petrol to N170 as against approved N145 per litre in Zamfara.
Investigations revealed that some of the filling stations in the state were shut while others were selling the product between N165 and N170 per litre.
The Kaduna Zonal Operations Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) had, last two weeks, sealed 13 filling stations in the state for selling the commodity above approved price.
The only few stations in the state are selling petrol at approved price of N145 per litre.
The Leader of the Task Force, Kaduna DPR Zonal Office, Mr Aliyu Usman, told newsmen that selling the commodity above price was one of malpractices observed by the department in the state.
Usman said apart from price increase, “we also observed various malpractices such as…
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