Criminalise fuel scooping, NOA tells National Assembly

The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has urged the National Assembly to urgently initiate and enact comprehensive legislation that will criminalise the act of fuel scooping from fallen tankers and prescribe firm, clear, and deterrent penalties for perpetrators. His action was sequel to Monday’s fuel scooping act from a fallen tanker, at the Apapa area of Lagos. He said sustained public enlightenment must now be complemented by strong legal and enforcement frameworks to decisively end the criminal behaviour. According to him, the trend must not be allowed to continue, adding that Nigerians must collectively reject actions that repeatedly lead to mass casualties, national trauma, and avoidable loss of lives Condemning the act, Issa-Onilu maintained that the practice is unacceptable in a modern society and poses an extreme and avoidable threat to human life, public safety, and national infrastructure. He maintained that the risks involved are not limited to those directly engaged in the act; the collateral danger to motorists, nearby communities, emergency responders, and critical assets is enormous and far outweighs any perceived or imagined benefit.

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