{"id":130449,"date":"2015-07-01T13:35:31","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=130449"},"modified":"2015-07-01T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T13:36:30","slug":"confirmed-9-to-14-increase-in-fuel-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=130449","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: 9%\u00a0to 14% increase in fuel prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> checks across the capital have revealed some Oil Marketing companies have sanctioned a close to 15% increase in fuel prices at the pumps.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The change in prices at the pumps vary from one station to the other.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ZJ92fAWP543RnEUUDPW7eGFpnTWcwPFO&#8221;]A visit to the Shell pump station at Asylum Down revealed there was a 50.5 pesewas increase in the price of petrol, up\u00a0from 3 cedis 47.4 pesewas to 3 cedis 97.9 pesewas per litre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The price of diesel has also increased by 36 pesewas per litre, currently selling at 3 cedis 73.7 pesewas .It was previously selling at 3 cedis 37 pesewas per litre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the\u00a0 Total Pump station near the Iran Clinic at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, the price of petrol has been increased by 50.9 pesewas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petrol was selling at 3 cedis , 97.9 pesewas , previously selling at 3 cedis 47 pesewas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The price of Diesel also increased by 36 pesewas , increasing from\u00a0 3 cedis 37 pesewas to 3 cedis 73 pesewas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) has also increased the price of petrol by close to 10%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The station manager at the GOIL at Mpamprom at Kaneshie, Benjamin Mills confirmed to <strong>Citi Business news<\/strong> that Petrol was selling at 3 cedis 79 pesewas while it was previously selling at 3 cedis 45 pesewas .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diesel was selling at 3 cedis 57 pesewas , selling earlier at 3 cedis 35 pesewas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some private and commercial drivers who spoke to Citi Business news complained about the regular hike in fuel prices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> checks at the So Fresh pump station in Adabraka revealed that Petrol and diesel were all selling at old price as at 9:30 am in the morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Rabiu Alhassan\/citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citi Business News checks across the capital have revealed some Oil Marketing companies have sanctioned a close to 15% increase in fuel prices at the pumps. 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