The Eket office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says it
had discovered 50 illegal filling stations in the state. Tamunoiminabo
Kingsley-Sundaye, the Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom
explained that the illegal filling stations refused to obtain Federal
Government licenses nor follow due process in their construction. He
added that the filling stations were built without appropriate approval
by the department in the state. “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 wrong. When I resume a year ago, we
observed that there are some fuel stations that are built without
appropriate approvals from the department,” he said. 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 area. He condemned marketers that build filling stations that share
boundaries with markets, schools, hospitals, saying that such stations
would affect the economy of the area. He warned marketers that site
filling stations before coming to DPR for consideration to desist from
it. He said that the department had sensitised the marketers who are
involved to come to DPR office for reassessment and appropriate
documentation. “We have compiled those names and send them to the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to take appropriate
actions,” he said. Kingsley-Sundaye said that the department was working
with law enforcement agencies and the state government to dismantle
illegal filling stations in the state. “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 said. Department of Petroleum Resources discovers 50 illegal filling stations in Akwa-Ibom state
The Eket office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), says it
had discovered 50 illegal filling stations in the state. Tamunoiminabo
Kingsley-Sundaye, the Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom
explained that the illegal filling stations refused to obtain Federal
Government licenses nor follow due process in their construction. He
added that the filling stations were built without appropriate approval
by the department in the state. “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 wrong. When I resume a year ago, we
observed that there are some fuel stations that are built without
appropriate approvals from the department,” he said. 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 area. He condemned marketers that build filling stations that share
boundaries with markets, schools, hospitals, saying that such stations
would affect the economy of the area. He warned marketers that site
filling stations before coming to DPR for consideration to desist from
it. He said that the department had sensitised the marketers who are
involved to come to DPR office for reassessment and appropriate
documentation. “We have compiled those names and send them to the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) to take appropriate
actions,” he said. Kingsley-Sundaye said that the department was working
with law enforcement agencies and the state government to dismantle
illegal filling stations in the state. “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 said. 
