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The Ministry of Trade and Investment has sealed up three filling stations, including NNPC Mega station Gwarinpa in Abuja for short-changing motorists.
The others were AYM Shafa, Gundu district and M. Major Oil and Gas, Mborra District.
This was contained in a statement issued on Monday by Bolaji Kazeem, the ministry’s Public Relations Officer.
The Weights and Measures Department Director, Alhaji Bashir Zoror, sealed up the station during an inspection.
The statement stated that AYM, Shafa Filling Station in Gundu District short-changed customers by 0.8 litres on every 20 litres of PMS ( giving 19.2 as 20 litres)
It added that customers were cheated by the attendants at the same station reducing 0.95 litres on every 20 litres (giving 19.05 as 20 litres) of diesel.
The statement explained that M. Major Oil and Gas in Mborra was sealed up because it short-changed customers by 1.6 litres on every 20 litres (18.4 as 20 litres).
According to the statement, the NNPC mega station in Gwarinpa was sealed up because the sales attendants deserted the place on sighting the inspecting team.
It stated that the official of the filing station also refused to switch on their dispensing pumps for inspection feigning power failure after shutting down their generator.
Zoro said that it was extremely disappointing that motorists were being short changed at the filing station.
He said: “It is extremely disappointing that motorist are being short changed. We will not relent in our official duty to ensure that marketers exhibit integrity, fairness and accuracy while dispensing PMS to customers.
“We shall continue to use media to educate marketers and the public so that they will be alive to the need for measurement and standards as prescribed by law.”
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