NMDPRA protecting adulterated fuel importers in Nigeria — Expert raises alarm

Energy consumers’ advocator and expert, Abdulrahman Sani Ibrahim, has accused the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, of protecting “adulterated” substance importers astatine the disbursal of Nigerians.

He made the allegation successful a connection on Friday.

Ibrahim said NMDPRA had failed to instrumentality decisive enactment against large marketers progressive successful the importation of adulterated petrol products into Nigeria.

He alleged an influx of blended substance from Dubai and different countries, which helium said is posing a superior menace to consumers and the economy.

According to him, poor-quality petroleum products could harm vehicles and machinery, summation operating costs, and enforce further fiscal burdens connected Nigerians already struggling with precocious vigor and proscription costs.

He called connected NMDPRA to instantly intensify surveillance and investigating of imported petroleum products astatine ports, depots, and retail outlets.

“This is nary longer a substance that tin beryllium treated with regulatory caution oregon bare threats. The NMDPRA knows the concerns that person been raised astir the continuous importation of blended products from Dubai and different countries, and it has adjacent warned that marketers progressive successful specified practices could beryllium denied petroleum supplies.

” If the regulator is alert of these activities and inactive allows them to continue, past it is failing successful its fu...