Even before the newly constituted National Premix Fuel Committee commences its work, fishermen at Jamestown in Accra are appealing to authorities for an increased supply of premix fuel to aid in their work.<\/p>\n
The fishermen who said they were content with the GH\u00a25 gallon price of the fuel however described as insufficient, the weekly supply of three thousand gallons to them.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026The weekly allocation of three thousand gallons to us just like other areas such as Chorkor and White House is insufficient considering the fact that Jamestown is a fishing hub,\u201d one fisherman told Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Farida Shaibu.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”cCINMz5QRgwzhpa4vVqHYxlNsxbbnUzm”]The fishermen also indicated that the situation has compelled them to resort to other external sources which they complained as increasing their cost of operation.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Sherry Aryittey on Tuesday inaugurated a 10 member committee to see to the efficient allocation, distribution and sale of premix\u00a0fuel in the country.<\/p>\n The Minister expressed grave concern at the numerous challenges that have characterized the operations of the Committee since its inception in<\/p>\n \u201cThe original idea has been diluted to the extent that there was a proliferation of premix fuel sale points owned by individuals rather than fishers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She was however hopeful the National Premix Fuel Committee regulation currently pending before parliament will help to solve some of the challenges facing the smooth running of the premix fuel management system.<\/p>\n In a related development, the Executive Secretary of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, Nii Abio Kyerequandah IV is blaming the unconventional fishing methods including pair trawling and light fishing adopted by fishermen as the cause of the shortage in fish stock in recent times.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Even before the newly constituted National Premix Fuel Committee commences its work, fishermen at Jamestown in Accra are appealing to authorities for an increased supply of premix fuel to aid in their work. The fishermen who said they were content with the GH\u00a25 gallon price of the fuel however described as insufficient, the weekly supply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":10975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"yoast_head":"\n