Nii Laryea was installed as regent of Katamanso earlier this year when the elders of the Katamanso stool picked him as a care taker chief to steer the affairs of the area due to the ill health of the current chief Nii Otu Akwetey.

Nii Laryea successfully went through all the necessary customary rites to enable him act legally on behalf of the ailing chief.

The legislator who is the third son of the ailing chief Nii Akwetey is to lead the people as well as take over the day to day administration of the Katamanso area.

The regent, Nii Laryea who swore an oath of allegiance to the Paramount Chief of Nungua, King Dr Noble Nii Odaifio Welentsi and elsers of the council, said he would use his office to ensure that the people of Katamanso get nothing but the best.

At a well attended induction ceremony at the Nungua Traditional Council, the regent of Katamanso swore to abide by the rules and regulations of the council.

The Paramount Chief of Nungua Traditional Area, His Royal Majesty King Dr Noble Nii Odaifio Welentsi admonished the newly inducted regent to eschew acts that would put his stool and that of the Nungua Traditional Area into disrepute.

He urged the regent to be fair in all his dealings and rulings as a traditional leader.

“As you step in the shoes of your father as a regent of Katamanso, you must ensure you continue to rule your people in truth and honesty at all times just as your father and great grand fathers had done in the past” he advised.

King Welentsi urged the regent to protect the interest of his subjects and the territorial boundaries of Katamanso and the entire Katamanso lands from encroachers.

The regent, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo also noted that he will at all times serve the interest of the people of Katamanso and the entire Nungua stool.

“Having been a parliamentarian for about thirteen years and with the experience gained over the years, I shall ensure I bring to bare all that I have acquired to the benefit of my people” he noted

He promised to seek councel from his stool heads at both the Traditional and Divisional level and would at all times work closely with his elders at Katamanso to ensure peace and development in the area.

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Elvis Washington/citifmonline.com

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Following the public uproar over BOST’s sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Movepiina and Zup Oil, which were allegedly set up few days before the sale, the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko at a press conference cleared the Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng Boateng of wrongdoing citing a Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and National Security report.

[contextly_sidebar id=”H8jyOchbO9S0FwAcgbCACJY4nSHLx1f4″]Government further challenged persons who claimed the contaminated fuel was being sold on the Ghanaian market to provide evidence.

Meanwhile, speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Tuesday, Executive Director of COPEC, Duncan Amoah, said he can lead the BNI to the illegal facilities.

“The real truth is being covered. The real substance of the matter is shielded from public discussion as to whether the product indeed ended up in the market. I can put on record that the last time we did some checks together with other petroleum personalities including Ben Boakye of ACEP, here in Tema–it was found that some of the BOST products were sitting in some tank yards; illegal facilities in Tema and that they were afraid to sell.”

“You push further to security operatives, you are told that indeed they can go and do the swoop but even when they are done, would the state be ready to prosecute? Because they have had several instances where NPA will go to arrest some of these illegal fuel dealers, by close of day some big people in some big places call that they should release those trucks. It’s a mafia.  I can put this on record and I can personally lead BNI today, if they want to get to the bottom of this. They know all the facts on the ground. Unfortunately there are so called bigger men in the space,” he added.

Ghana loses GHc800 million over illegal fuel operations

Reports suggest more than GH¢800 million cedis that should accrue to the state as revenue is lost every year through the operation of these illegal operators.

NPA helpless in contaminated fuel saga                                                                              

But it seems the NPA is helpless in the fight to clamp down on unlicensed fuel depots.

Although the NPA said it is taking steps to ensure these depots acquire licenses to operate, Duncan Amoah believes it is deliberately dragging its feet.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, the Acting Chief Executive of NPA, Hassan Tampoli, said activities of such illegal fuel operators is not new.

“…We are aware but as to how we will go about it, I think that is an institutional detail I don’t want to put out there. This people have been in operations for many years and I’m saying that within five months we want to take action against them. I think we should be commended.”

“This is just something we do on a regular basis. When we get the information, we set out our people to go and gather intelligence. We’ve been able to identify some areas and we are still identifying some more. But we need to get all of them, put them together then we get the necessary arrangements in place to be able to deal with those situations,” Mr. Tampoli added.

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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