DPR discovers 50 illegal filling stations in Akwa Ibom
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he said that when building filling stations there are things that are considered such as engineering design safety earth considerations and social economy of the area1 by sunday bassey1 mr tamunoiminabo kingsley-sundaye the operations controller of dpr in akwa ibom made the disclosure in an interview with the news agency of nigeria nan in eket on monday1 he explained that the illegal filling stations refused to obtain federal government licenses nor follow due process in their construction1 he added that the filling stations were built without appropriate approval by the department in the state1 there are 50 illegal filling stations in the state. we have come to a point in this country where people have decided to do things that are wrong1 when i resume a year ago we observed that there are some fuel stations that are built without appropriate approvals from the department he said1 the department of petroleum resources dpr eket office says it had discovered 50 illegal filling stations in the state1 he condemned marketers that build filling stations that share boundaries with markets schools hospitals saying that such stations would affect the economy of the area1 he warned marketers that site filling stations before coming to dpr for consideration to desist from it1 he said that the department had sensitised the marketers who are involved to come to dpr office for reassessment and appropriate documentation1 we have compiled those names and send them to the nigerian security and civil defense corps nscdc to take appropriate actions he said1 kingsley-sundaye said that the department was working with law enforcement agencies and the state government to dismantle illegal filling stations in the state1 we will work with the state government to dismantle illegal filling stations in the state and the department was working towards getting rid of those stations kingsley-sundaye said1 he noted that owners of such stations have violated the petroleum act of 1969 which says that nobody can sell or store petroleum product in nigeria without federal government license1