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Unless the Federal Government strengthens local laboratories and builds capacity, the problems of adulterated fuel that increases the risk of cancer in Nigerians will persist says the Society of Testing Laboratory Analysts of Nigeria (SoTLAN) today.

Addressing a press conference at Ostra Halls, Alausa, in Lagos, the President of SoTLAN, Professor Olugbenga Ben Ogunmoyela urged the government to stop putting the fate of the nation in the hands of foreign labs that are not in any way superior to many of Nigeria’s lSO 17025 accredited local laboratories.



Prof. Ogunmoyela frowned at the economic disruptions and damages caused by the delivery of contaminated fuel across Nigeria. He described it as a national embarrassment and urged the government to look inwards for a lasting solution to the importation of methanol-contaminated petroleum motor spirit into the country by the NNPC or other authorized companies.

He said, “It is a known fact that due to the current subsidy regime, NNPC is the sole supplier of all PMS in Nigeria, charged with the purchase, importation, distribution, or marketing of petroleum products supplied to some major marketers. The product delivered was reported to “appear hazy and dark and was consequently isolated, probably following complaints received after having been released. it is further stated that ‘upon analysis, it was confirmed that the PMS product was contaminated with 20% methanol, which is an illegal substance in Nigeria’. While it is reassuring that NNPC has taken necessary steps to reject further imports of this type of product from any trader supplying fuels that contain ethanol/methanol into Nigeria, the question is, why should we still be talking about substandard and contaminated products in a petroleum industry which has been prominent in our economy for over sixty years?”
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