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March 7, 2019
The Director, Weightsand Measures Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment,Mohammed Sidi, has said that oil dealers have been cheating Nigerians of198,500 naira per truck sold.
Sidi said this inAbuja during a surveillance activity of the department to some fuel stations.
He said that theaction was to ensure that all commercial transactions involving the use ofweights and measures were accurate, fair and legal.
At some of the petrolstations in Maitama Abuja, the team found that customers lost 0.5 litres offuel in every 20 litres they bought.
The team sealed threeof the dispensing pumps and collected their certificate of clarification.
The team also visitedanother station and found that customers were cheated by the same quantity offuel and sealed three dispensing pumps for oil and one for diesel.