The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) has denied reports that it imports inferior fuel on to the Ghanaian market.<\/p>\n
The Chronicle Newspaper reported on Monday that the BDCs\u00a0 import products that are considered low quality and sold at cheaper prices in their home markets.<\/p>\n
The newspaper further stated that the Tema Oil Refinery\u2019s laboratory has consistently rejected the products supplied by the BDCs because they fall below the acceptable octane level.<\/p>\n
\u201cInvestigations into the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) revealed that though the refinery is presently not refining any crude, it has to administer its own chemicals, known as MMT to raise the standards of some of the imported finished products that are brought in by the BDCs in order to meet the acceptable octane levels,\u2019\u2019 the story noted.<\/p>\n
But the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the chamber, Senyo Horsi in a sharp rebuttal \u00a0on Citi Prime News<\/strong> said: \u2018\u2019the [accusation] is\u00a0 absolutely false; there is no truth whatsoever to that\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n According to him before products come to Ghana, they are tested and validated before it goes on the market. \u201cProducts cannot be allowed to enter [Ghana] if they are sub-standard,\u2019\u2019 he stated.<\/p>\n He also described the report of the Chronicle newspaper as \u201cunfortunate distractions\u201d.<\/p>\n Mr. Horsi also said\u00a0the fact that the paper was unable to give any tangible references is an indication the publication was done mischievously to tarnish the image of the BDC.<\/p>\n He further stressed the BDCs\u00a0 were rather losing money due to the cedi\u2019s depreciating rate against the dollar adding that, the news paper report will undermine the hard work the BDC was doing to\u00a0ensure\u00a0petroleum products are available in the country.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat the paper is doing is wrong. We are hardworking people and the BDC is losing so please don\u2019t make our work harder than it already is, we don\u2019t need distractions like these,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) has denied reports that it imports inferior fuel on to the Ghanaian market. The Chronicle Newspaper reported on Monday that the BDCs\u00a0 import products that are considered low quality and sold at cheaper prices in their home markets. The newspaper further stated that the Tema Oil Refinery\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":40067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[38],"yoast_head":"\n