Mohammed Sidi, Director, Weights and Measures Department, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, says that oil dealers have been cheating Nigerians of N198,500 per truck sold.
Sidi said this in Abuja on Wednesday during a surveillance activity of the department to some fuel stations.
He said that the action was to ensure that all commercial transactions involving the use of weights and measures were accurate, fair and legal.
“Every weighing equipment in all sectors of the economy, whether oil and gas or non- oil and gas must be up to the required standard, ” Sidi said.
At Forte Oil Station, Maitama, opposite Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, the team found that customers lost 0.5 litres of fuel in every 20 litres they bought.
The team sealed three of the dispensing pumps and collected their certificate of clarification.
The team sealed three dispensing pumps for oil and one for diesel.
(NAN)