The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has sent its officers to fuel stations and depots in Cross River to ensure that the available stock of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) is sold to the public.
The State Commandant, Samuel Fadeyi, stated that there should be no hoarding or hawking of PMS in black markets, and he has instructed his officers to arrest those who do so.
“I have sent my men out to depots and fuel stations to ensure that available stock was sold to the people; this creation of artificial scarcity is not allowed.
“Right from 2022, there was an announcement that subsidy removal will commence from June 2023, the Federal Government had said it by the end of June, that there would be full deregulation of the product.
“Also, I am sure that the government is working on palliatives to absorb the shock that subsidy removal will bring to a lot of people, so, I urge Nigerians to be patient as the issues are resolved,” he said.
He encouraged the public to report any hawking activities to the corps and to avoid panic buying.
