Pressure group, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers is asking President John Mahama to sack the Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Moses Asaga for his failure to protect Ghanaians from the recent fuel hikes.
[contextly_sidebar id=”bLplHyyZTVfwNbStRsAhyGy6ln2fLEdM”]The NPA announced the increase in fuel prices over the weekend with the claim that they owe banks that assist them in their operations.
They also cited the depreciation of the cedi against the dollar as one of the reasons and the surge in prices of petroleum products in the international market.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Monday, General Secretary of the Chamber, Duncan Amoah said the increase in petroleum products will worsen the plight of Ghanaians who are already struggling due to the effects of economic hardship and erratic power supply.
He explained that “why we insist that if the President can sack Mr Asaga he should sack is this simple, there is a common phenomenon called hedging in world market pricing. These are critical issues we think the NPA is either not dealing with or not interested and for which the lazy approach of passing on to the consumer is being adopted and for which we think for that job a Mokala person can do that.”
Meanwhile, pressure group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has said they will stage a series of demonstrations exercise to force government to reduce fuel prices.
According to them, the 9% increment in petroleum products as “unrealistic” and “politically incorrect.”
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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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