{"id":362703,"date":"2017-10-17T17:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=362703"},"modified":"2017-10-17T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:14:40","slug":"group-petitions-chraj-to-probe-bost-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/group-petitions-chraj-to-probe-bost-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Group petitions CHRAJ to probe BOST MD"},"content":{"rendered":"
A group calling itself\u00a0the Coalition for Social Justice, has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to investigate the Managing Director of BOST Alfred Obeng, over the sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel.<\/p>\n
According to the Coalition, Mr. Obeng acted unlawfully when he ordered the sale of the fuel to two unlicensed businesses.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”mU8cBdZiqqD0GhIbvbtCf6xVZ5kMdLRy”]The group is thus urging CHRAJ to probe matter in line with article 218(a) of the 1992 Constitution, and section 7(I) of the CHRAJ Act (Act 456) of 1993.<\/p>\n
In the petition, the Coalition said its “careful examination of the dubious circumstances under which five million litres of contaminated fuel were sold by BOST to some unlicensed businesses and the unlawful manner in which he conducted himself with respect to the whole matter, we are of the firm opinion that the Managing Director of BOST, Mr. Alfred Obeng, has abused his powers as a Public Officer, for which he must be sanctioned in accordance with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group also noted the absence of a board at BOST at the time the sale of the contaminated fuel was authorized, adding that the BOST MD acted\u00a0 “unilaterally in the sale of the contaminated fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n
It held that, he acted \u201cwithout any notification to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), which is the regulator of the downstream petroleum sector, and the Ministry of Energy, which is the supervising Ministry of the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n
BOST\u00a0was heavily criticized after it emerged it sold 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Movepiina and Zup Oil, which were allegedly set up few days before the sale,\u00a0costing Ghana about GHc 7 million in revenue.<\/p>\n
The Minister of Energy, who tasked a committee to investigate the issue, subsequently cleared BOST and its Managing Director, Alfred Obeng Boateng of wrongdoing, citing a Bureau of National Investigation (BNI), and National Security report.<\/p>\n