Sidi said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a surveillance activity of the department to some fuel stations.
“Every weighing equipment in all sectors of the economy, whether oil and gas or non- oil and gas must be up to the required standard, ” Sidi said. “We have 33 litres in a truck and when for every 20 litres, it is short with 0.5 litres which means that in a truck they will be making a profit of N198,500 per truck,” Sidi said.
At the filling station, the attendants quickly adjusted some pumps immediately they sighted the officials.The team also visited Mabushi District cement depot and certified bags of cement found in the place as having the right quantity.The Chairman of the depot Mr Maxwell Nnamani said that the depot always maintained standards and urged other dealers to do same.
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