Due to the nation’s present cash shortage, the Ekiti State Government has threatened to penalize gas stations that refuse point-of-sale transactions.
The warning was delivered during a meeting on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti with the State Petroleum Task Force Committee and representatives of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers. Mrs. Omotayo Adeola is the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Industry, Trade, and Investment.
Adeola claimed that in order to lessen the suffering that people were going through as a result of the nation’s present cash shortage, the decision had become essential.
She implored residents to lodge their complaints against errant filling station operators via WhatsApp number 08077772323.
“Residents could make a video call through the above number to report such erring operators for prompt action by the State Petroleum Task Force,” she said.
In separate interviews after the meeting, the Chairman, Ekiti State Petroleum Task Force Committee, Mr Ayodeji Adesokan and the NUPENG Chairman, Mr Olumide Jegede, appealed to petroleum marketers to comply with the directive.
They warned that erring petroleum stations would be sanctioned by the government.