The National Premix Fuel Secretariat has vowed to deal with persons who engage in the hoarding of premix fuel.
This follows the distribution of the petroleum product to fishermen at Jamestown in Accra after complaints of a shortage in supply for the past two weeks.
Attributing the shortage in supply to global challenges, the Administrator of the Premix Fuel Secretariat, Nana Abrokwa Asare, cautioned the public against the hoarding of the limited resource.
He said the Secretariat has observed the trend of hoarding during supply challenges such as is being experienced.
“Usually when we have challenges in the system, the issue of hoarding and exorbitant sale of premix fuel is on the ascendency. People want to thrive on the shortages to buy as much as they want and then sell at a higher price. We are dealing with such people. People who are found culpable will be arrested, and we make sure that punitive measures are brought against such persons,” he said.
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The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije in September 2021 called on the Fisheries Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson, to institute a legitimate premix fuel committee to ensure proper distribution of the fuel to fisherfolk in the country.
His comment followed agitations by some fisherfolk at Jamestown and Chorkor in the Greater Accra Region that the supply of the commodity to them is limited.
Mr. Vanderpuije said the sector ministry must collaborate with various assemblies within fishing communities for an efficient distribution of the product.
“Today, the premix fuel is not going directly to the fisherfolk. They will tell you that some individuals will get it and then resell it to them, so what is the benefit of the premix fuel?” he quizzed.
“We have a Minister for Fisheries; she has a responsibility to make sure that we have a legitimate premix committee,” Mr. Vanderpuije stressed.
