Environment

Aerodrome GRA Residents Protest Construction of Gas Plant

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Residents of Aerodrome Government Reserved Area, GRA, Samonda, Ibadan have expressed dissatisfaction over the ongoing construction of a gas plant that is sharing a boundary with the estate.

The residents who cited a threat to the safety of lives and property of residents of the estate described the siting of the plant as indiscriminate and improper.

Speaking on behalf of the residents, Mr. Dayo Afolabi alleged that the construction of the gas plant poses a danger of leakage or explosion, noting that the development is in violation of government policy regarding siting of such stations in residential areas.

Mr. Afolabi said the estate has taken different legal steps before the commencement of the project and had met with the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, as well as the investor of the gas plant but all efforts proved abortive.

He called on relevant authorities to intervene and suspend the ongoing projects to prevent impending disaster in the state.

Meanwhile, the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Oyo state could not be reached for reaction as at the time of filing this report.

Mosope Kehinde

Energy

Ogun Govt, DPR, Collaborate On Tackling Illegal Siting Of Filling Stations

By Web News 661

The Ogun State Government has expressed its readiness to interface with the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to enforce due processes in the marketing of oil and gas resources in the state.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Tunji Odunlami made this known in Abeokuta, at a consultative forum aimed at improving the oil and gas sector.

Mr. Odunlami who noted that the Ministry had discovered that petrol stations were being built without obtaining approval, explained that the process of getting permit had been made easier.

He said there was the need to regulate the activities of gas retailers, noting that those were not ready to follow due process would be stopped from operating in the state .

Mr. Odunlami who also met with the coalition of Ogun State Technicians, Artisans and Craftsmen described them as crucial stakeholders in the building of Lord production management in the State.

The head of Operations, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Mr. Adebowale Oluwafemi expressed the Department’s readiness to work with the ministry to sanitise the oil and gas sector.

Olusegun Folarin

Energy

DPR Seals off Seven Filling Stations in Ibadan

By Web News 767

The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has sealed off seven filling stations in Ibadan for selling Premium motor spirit, PMS, above the official pump price.

The filling stations were sealed during a monitoring exercise in Ibadan.

Out of sixty four filling stations visited in Ibadan, seven were sealed for noncompliance while others were cautioned against violating the agency’s regulations.

The exercise took most of the attendants of filling stations unaware as officials of the agency caught them red handed.

At Apata Omi- Adio axis of Ibadan, most filling stations were selling PMS, 170 per liter, and other shut their door to customers.

The officials measured liters of petrol with the official gauge to ascertain whether the commodity was being sold with the right measurement.

Speaking on the exercise, DPR, Controller, Ibadan Field Office, Mrs Comfort Ajayi said artificial scarcity in Ibadan for the past two weeks was as a result of anticipation that there would be increase on fuel pump price the dealers.

Mrs Ajayi however advised Nigerians against stocking the commodity to avoid fire outbreak.

Two officers of the affected filling stations expressed why they were selling with the wrong gauge.

Radio Nigeria correspondent Olukemi Akintunde who was part of the monitoring team observed that queue had disappeared in Ibadan as most filling stations were opened and selling at approved official pump price. 

The Federal Government had last Friday refuted the increase in pump price and directed all marketers to revert to official pump price between 162 to 165 naira per liter

Olukemi Akintunde

Economy

New Pump Price: Most Filling Stations in Ibadan Yet to Comply

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Filling stations in Ibadan Metropolis are yet to comply with the federal government’s directive to reduce the pump price of petroleum from 145 to 125 naira.

A team of Radio Nigeria correspondents who monitored the level of compliance in filling stations at Felele, Oke-Ado, Dugbe, and Mokola areas of Ibadan observed that most of the filling stations were still selling at the old price of #145.

An independent marketer claimed that they were still waiting for a directive from the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR.

Also, at Bovas, a fuel attendant explained that modalities for the reduction in pump price had not been adequately communicated to them.

Meanwhile, some residents of Ibadan have expressed displeasure that despite the directive to take immediate effect, filling stations are yet to comply.

They advised relevant government agencies to ensure enforcement of this directive in filling stations.

Mosope Kehinde