The Government of Osun State under the leadership of the Executive Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has issued stern warning to all PMS dealers and marketers in the state who are deliberately hoarding the product in order to create artificial scarcity to desist from such act.
The governor gave the warning in a release signed by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday in Osogbo. He described the deliberate action as inhumane and unpatriotic.
He said; “The attention of the Osun State Government has been drawn to the deliberate hoarding of PMS by the fuel dealers within the State as a result of the statement from the Inaugural Speech of the new President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the removal of fuel subsidy, thereby causing unnecessary hardship for the people in the State.
“This deliberate action is not only inhumane but unpatriotic and will not be allowed by the government. To this end, the Special Monitoring Team on fuel scarcity set up by His Excellency, Governor Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke headed by the Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinleye is still effective and shall not condone any form of economic sabotage.”
Governor Adeleke noted that the Committee shall from today, 30th May 2023, begin special monitoring of all the filling stations across the state in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders.
“Any fuel station found guilty of hoarding fuel to create artificial scarcity shall be sealed off and operators prosecuted for crime of economic sabotage,” he concluded.
