DPR declares war on producers of fake lubricants
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) is to arrest individuals and firms who illegally produce and sell lubricants, it was learnt at the weekend.
The DPR has directed its Engineering and Standards Department officials to probe the issue.
A source close to the DPR, who do not want his name in print, said the agency has directed its key officials to look for fake lubricants, carry out tests on such products, arrest and prosecute those behind their proliferation to serve as a deterrent to others and further assist in sanitising the sub-sector of the oil industry.
DPR’s Acting Assistant Director Operation, Mr Iheji Nestor, said the department frowns on the issue of adulterated lubricants and that the regulator was putting in place measures to end it.
In an interview in Lagos, Nestor said DPR was giving the issue the desired attention, because it affects the majority of users of automobiles and other machinery.
He urged the public to cooperate with the Federal Government to ensure that the matter was nipped in the bud.
He said retailers of lubricants and other operators, who fail to get permission from the DPR before engaging in the business would be affected.
According to him, no arrest was made by the DPR when it raided shops of members of the Auto Spare Parts and Machinery Dealers Association (ASPAMDA) at the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex last week.
Nestor said: ‘’There was no arrest; no confrontation with any suspected criminal when the officials of DPR raided ASPAMDA market. Spare parts dealers and others conducted themselves well during the exercise.”
Also, the DPR’s Head, Engineering and Standards, Mrs Anita Tega Jennifer, said ASPAMDA officials behaved well during the raid.
She said ASPMADA agreed that illegal production of lubricants has destroyed their customers’ vehicles.
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