The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has vowed that it will not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions on marketers hoarding petroleum products in their outlets.
A Director of the agency, Mr. Sarki Auwalu, gave the warning on Tuesday.
Auwalu said the warning was necessitated by the emergence of queues in retail outlets in some states of the Federation.
According to him, from available records, there is product sufficiency in the country and there is no need for hoarding by any marketer.
“DPR will not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions on any outlet found wanting in this regard.
“The regulatory agency has set up a special task force to intensify surveillance and monitoring of all retail outlets and depots nationwide to check the anomaly.”
He, therefore, advised the public against panic buying.
Auwalu assured that the DPR would continue to place its regulatory focus of quality, quantity, integrity and safety for the effective operations of the downstream sector.