The Cross River State government, through the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Oil and Gas, Ukpong Umoh, has expressed displeasure with Petroleum Dealers/Marketers’ deliberate attempt to inflict unnecessary hardship on the good people of the state.
Mr Ukpong, in a letter to Newsmen dated 14 September 2024, stated that petroleum dealers/marketers have imposed hardship on Cross Riverians by hoarding petroleum products, causing undue suffering and exploitation, among other things.
Ukpong went on to say that ‘following His Excellency’s People First mantra, the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Oil and Gas from today, September 14th, 2024, would simmer down on all operations of product hoarding and black market profiteering so as to cushion the effect of the ongoing scarcity and supply/blistering of black marketers in the state’.
He warned that any station found wanting would be sanctioned accordingly.
