{"id":27995,"date":"2014-06-27T16:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T16:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=27995"},"modified":"2014-07-02T11:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T11:56:16","slug":"veeps-convoy-cuts-petrol-queue-drivers-outraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/veeps-convoy-cuts-petrol-queue-drivers-outraged\/","title":{"rendered":"VEEP&#8217;s convoy cuts petrol queue; Drivers outraged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some commercial drivers in Cape Coast are livid over what they describe as preferential treatment by fuel attendants who served vehicles in the convoy of Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice President\u00a0 is in Cape Coast for his father\u2019s funeral and the drivers say his convoy keeps returning to fuel stations with the vice president\u2019s friends to buy fuel, bypassing those in the queue.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coast is said to be one of the hardest hit cities by the fuel shortage.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, it is very disheartening to commercial drivers that they have to be denied fuel while all the vehicles in the Vice President\u2019s convoy have been served.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <b>Citi News<\/b>, one frustrated driver explained, \u201cWe don\u2019t have fuel. When we asked them to give us some, they said there\u2019s no petrol for us because they\u2019ve been given a request to serve the vice president\u2019s convoy. \u00a0So we are very disappointed. I\u2019ve seen more than five right now, the police cars and the VH cars. \u00a0So if you come and say that you are part of the vice president\u2019s convoy they\u2019ll serve you right now.<\/p>\n<p>By: Ewurabena Hagan\/ citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewurabenaGH\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @ewurabenaGH<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some commercial drivers in Cape Coast are livid over what they describe as preferential treatment by fuel attendants who served vehicles in the convoy of Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur. 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