Ugwuanyi moves against fuel racketeers in Enugu, dissolves monitoring team, By Ameh Comrade Godwin

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In a bid to maintain his administration’s
commitment to the welfare of the people, zero
tolerance to impunity and other forms of
irregularities undermining the progress of the
state, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State
during the weekend ordered the immediate
dissolution of the State’s Petroleum Products
Monitoring Team (PPMT).
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to
the Governor on Media, Louis Amoke, stated that
the dissolution order was contained in a letter
signed by the Secretary to the Enugu State
Government, G. O. C Ajah.
Amoke quoted the Secretary to the State
Government as saying that the action was
“following persistent complaints over the
unauthorized activities of the Petroleum
Products Monitoring Team (PPMT) and in
keeping with Government’s zero tolerance to
impunity as well as the governor’s promise to
administer the state selflessly and with the fear
of God at all times.”
The letter which disclosed that the team will be
reconstituted in due course, advised Petroleum
Marketers in the State to desist from engaging in
illegal activities and ensure that they run their
businesses within the confines of the extant
laws of Enugu State.
It added that government will not hesitate to
bring to book, any marketer found to be
operating outside the law, stressing that the
governor was committed to a smooth and
transparent petroleum products marketing
operation in the state.
It would be recalled that Governor Ugwuanyi had
recently constituted the now dissolved team to
monitor diversion of petroleum products and
regulate prices of the products in the state in
line with the Federal Government’s approved
pump prices.