The House of Representatives on Thursday called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to suspend the four companies recently involved in the importation of adulterated petrol into the country.
The call followed a motion of urgent public importance raised by the chief whip, Mohammed Monguno.
NNPC chief executive Mele Kyari had on Wednesday named Oando, MRS, Duke Oil and Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium as companies that had Methanol in their premium motor spirit (PMS aka petrol) cargoes.
However, during plenary on Thursday, the lawmakers also mandated its committee on petroleum downstream to investigate the release and sale of the off-spec PMS by petrol stations across the country and bring the culprits to book.
They also expressed concern over the effect of that adulterated petrol on vehicles and how the cost of transportation, goods, and service has increased.
Some of the lawmakers lamented that the system is completely compromised, considering the processes which the fuel must go through before reaching the fuel stations.
They asked that Nigerians whose vehicles and equipment were directly affected by the adulterated fuel be compensated.
