The Federal Government on Wednesday said it will launch an investigation to unravel the circumstances behind the circulation of adulterated petrol with methanol quantities above the country’s specification.
This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, in an interview with State House journalists after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday.
Sylva said the government was “actively tackling” the issues around the “adulterated petrol”, and sought more time to end the investigation before any move to reveal the culprits behind the incidents.
He said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) could handle the current development.
Sylva said,“Nobody has, before now, checked for methanol in our fuel, it’s not very usual and this is the first time this is happening.”
On Tuesday, the Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority confirmed that fuel with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification was discovered in the supply chain.
