Government to combat diesel monopoly

The cabinet directed in its weekly meeting on Tuesday the Ministry of the Oil and Minerals to close the petrol stations that monopolize diesel. 

During the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ali Mujawar, the cabinet held the Oil Ministry responsible for monitoring the process of supplying and distributing diesel to the authorized stations throughout the country and taking the legal actions against distribution manipulators. 

The cabinet also approved complementary procedures to enhance supplying the local market with diesel incessantly and to regulate the distribution process at the governorates level taking in consideration the needed diesel quantities for the principal consumers, especially the ministry of electricity and energy. 

Moreover, the meeting requested the Supreme Security Committee to present the requisite decisions to encounter smuggling acts for diesel or any other petroleum derivatives along the coastal line or through the land borders.

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