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The Kogi Integrity Group (KIG) has condemned the management of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kogi for inability to effectively control the activities of petroleum marketers in the state.
The Group’s President, Barr. Zacchaeus Dare Michael, in a statement in Lokoja on Wednesday, berated the DPR for compromising Kogi State by failing to effectively carried out their constitutional duty.
“Under the DPR watch, majority of Petrol stations in Lokoja metropolis were hoarding products during the day to sell as black market at night.
“We are having situation in Kogi where petrol consumers are being shortchanged due to underdispense of products by filling stations; where one litre is sold as half a litre, and as high as N180 to N200.
“Part of the of constitutional duties of DPR is to monitor and supervise the activities of petroleum marketers to ensure sanity in the subsector so that consumers can have value for money.
“The DPR are not playing the supervisory role but rather they are everywhere amassing wealth to the detriment of the good people of Kogi. They can approve anything at the expense of Kogi people.
“Filling stations are being allowed to carry out indiscriminate siting of Gas Plant anywhere without following the rules of engagement. DPR are neither doing their oversight function nor performing their responsibility,” Zacchaeus lamented.
He stressed that the people of Kogi were going through a lot of undue hardships while the filling stations were hoarding the fuel to sell at night as ‘black market’.
He, therefore, called on the Minister of Petroleum, to as a matter of urgency dismantle the DPR management in Kogi and bring in a new workable team that would be perform their constitutional duty effectively.
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