The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) will soon embark on visits to petrol stations in and around the country to identify operators without licence, Daily Trust reports.

The state Operations Controller, Bassey Nkanga, said they would likely seal up about 600 petrol stations that do not have operating licences. He maintained that the stations had earlier been reminded about the exercise, adding that the dateline for registration had since elapsed – on March 31. He said less than 100 are known to be licensed.

At a meeting with officials of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) in Calabar, Nkanga said the owner of any petrol station that was shut during the operation would have to pay a fine of N250,000 before it would be unsealed for business.

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