Adansi Asokwa MP, KT Hammond says he fought a fuel attendant at the pump when his bill shot up after fueling his vehicle.
The MP has said on an Accra-based FM station that when the fuel attendnant told him of the recent prices –diesel is being sold for GH¢23.49 with petrol at GH¢17.99 –he nearly created a scene there.
“A few days ago, I went to the garage, they pumped the fuel into the car and they came to give me the bill, it almost turned into a Third World War. Ow me this, and he said just yesterday price of super moved to what the price of diesel used to be.
“It is a particularly difficult situation and I do not envy the lot. Those who are really having to juggle.”
He added, “it is not a situation peculiar to only Ghana. We have heard about the situation in Sri Lanka. It is a redeeming situation for those of us in Ghana. At least, we are not in long queues. Oil-producing countries like Nigeria and others are all in queues, we are not.”
Despite stating that the depreciation of the Cedi is a factor, the legislator also blamed Oil Marketing Companies for being greedy in their quest to make supernormal profits.
Even though he noted that the removal of taxes on the fuel is something he is against, he assured government is putting measures in place to restore some price stability at the pumps.
“It’s the OMC, the big ones and the BDCs. I have a problem and they better sort it out well. They got the dollar at whatever rate so somebody should pay for it…I am concerned that some OMCs are making unnecessary profits and I think we should be careful how they are also playing the market, we are in this together.
“President has travelled out of the country many times and sent out a delegation to make sure that in a very short time we would be able to flood the market with some petroleum products. I am not happy with the way the BDCs are going about this situation,” he chastised.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
