Reps Urge NNPC to Reduce Filling Station Lines

The House also asked the people in charge of Nigeria’s security to find the people who were hurting Nigeria’s economy.

The House of Representatives has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, which is the only company that imports gasoline, to cut down on lines at gas stations right away.

Wednesday, the House asked the right security officials to find the oil marketers and other possible economic saboteurs who are to blame for the country’s fuel shortage.

In a motion of urgent public importance, a lawmaker named Leke Abejide brought attention to the ongoing fuel crisis in the whole country. This led to these decisions.

The regulatory authority has to meet with the House leadership, and the green chamber told the relevant House committees to look into the issue and give a report on it within 48 hours.

The house of representatives has moved on to the second reading of a bill that would change the Fire Service Act and add rules, standards, and penalties for not following them for building safety.

Unyime Idem, a member-sponsored bill that aims to control fire outbreaks in Nigeria, calls for either a fine of no more than one million naira or a period of no more than five months in jail, or both, for violators.

Another clause in the law states that the building permit cannot be granted until the submitted building plan has been carefully reviewed, the required fire prevention and management kits have been provided, and the appropriate supervision procedures have been followed.