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Home » DPR Reopens 5 Filling Stations Sealed By Lagos Building Agency

DPR Reopens 5 Filling Stations Sealed By Lagos Building Agency

by Ade
August 30, 2021
in Oil and Gas

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has re-opened five filling stations shut by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) in Ajah and Ibeju Lekki axis of the state.

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DPR officials unsealing a filling station earlier sealed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency in Lagos

Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos Zone, while reopening the stations on Thursday said the stations were sealed without consultation with the regulatory agency.

The filling stations operated by the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) members were sealed by the building control agency.

Cardoso maintained that LASBCA lacked the constitutional power to shut petroleum products retail outlets because the industry was clearly under the Exclusive List.

He advised state and local government agencies to desist from arbitrary sealing of businesses in the oil and gas sector as it could lead to disruption in the supply of petroleum products.

Cardoso said: “We got information yesterday that LASBCA have shutdown about 10 filling stations. We also learnt that a local government council shutdown another petrol station in Magodo area.

“We were not consulted and we need to put the record straight. Oil and gas business is a regulated environment and we know from the 1999 Constitution that oil and gas are matters within the exclusive legislative List.

“The Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Assembly is endowed with exclusive power to execute on any item on the exclusive list.”

He explained that, “arising from that constitutional powers, the National Assembly enacted the Petroleum Act of 1969.

“This act regulates all matters relating to petroleum such as importation, handling, storage, distribution of petroleum and petroleum products and other flammable oils.

“This act also provides granting of licence to import, handle, store, sell, distribute any petroleum product in Nigeria.”

He said as a result of this, all persons that engaged in the business were licensed by the Minister of Petroleum Resources through DPR.

According to him, the DPR collaborates with other relevant Federal and State Government agencies for requisite permits and approvals before the issuance of the licences.

Cardoso said there were prerequisite processes that must be completed before licence to operate is issued to any operator.

He said these included Certificate of Incorporation, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Tax Clearance Certificate, Police Report, Fire Report, Approved Building Plan and Letter from Lands and Survey.

Cardoso said it also included Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Site Layout Plan, Evidence of Land Ownership and Survey Plan.

“Once we have done this and we issue licence to operate, it becomes a federal government property for business and our licence gives the owner the permission to do business in that area.

“So, any issue arising from the licensee, you need to call on the licensor who is the federal government; then we will look at the issue and see how we can resolve it,” he said.

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Cardoso said the DPR was interacting with the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources to ensure that agencies of the state government did not disrupt the smooth supply of petroleum products Lagos.

However, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, Public Relations Officer, LASBCA, told NAN that some of the sealed stations did not have the agency’s approval or had deviated from the approved plan.

“The DPR can give you approval to run a filling station but the building itself has to be approved by LASBCA and there are conditions to be met which they didn’t.

“Some of them didn’t follow the radius which is minimum of 300 meters before siting another one while others were constructed between residential buildings.

“Lagos State government is not interested in victimising or creating problem for anybody. What we are saying is that they should follow the best practices,” Abdulrasheed said. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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