
By Our Correspondent
The Jigawa State Task Force on Petroleum products says it will soon expose and reveal any filling station found to be engaged in tempering with their liters to shortchanged
customers.
The Taskforce Chairman Colonel, Muhd Alhassan (Rtd) sounded the warning at end of the Committee’s visits to some filling stations at Gumel, Jahun and Kiyawa.
He also warned that any filling station that do not posses Sarafin Gauge will be sanctioned, pointed out that several filling stations visited by the committee have no standard measuring gauge to enable them know the functionality of their pumps.
Colonel Muhd Alhassan therefore advised marketers to always check their liters before dispensing fuel to customers, stressing that no filling station will be speared if found wanting.
He explained that from the inception of the Taskforce to date it has warned more than thirty(30) filling stations and shutdown five(5) for engaging in various unwholesome activities.
He however commended some marketers in Hadejia and Gumel for possessing Sarafin Gauge and maintaining proper liters in their filling stations.