Some gas stations do not deliver enough – the inspection of the GSA reveals

Accra, June 12, GNA – A Ghana Standards
Inspection by the Authority (GSA) of certain service stations in and around the country has
revealed that some of the stations were delivering good quantities of fuel to
the public, while others are not.

Inspectors of metrology
The Authority's Directorate carried out unannounced inspections of fuels
fuel pumps at randomly selected service stations in Greater Accra,
Eastern regions.

The inspection, which was carried out as part of
GSA's mandate to enforce the provisions of the Weights and Measures Act
NRCD 326, in 1975, found that out of the 65 stations visited, 55
good quantities, while 10 under-delivered, and two companies broke the GSA
seal without permission.

The number of stations visited included;
Shell (11), total (15), GOIL (12), Fraga oil (one), Lucky Oil (one), Engen
(one), Frimps (two), Petrosol (three), Top Oil (two), Star Oil (two), Kindness
(a), Semanhyia (one) and Galaxy Oil (one).

The others were Nick Petroleum (two), Agapet
(one), Cougar (two), Glory Oil (one), Allies (one), Radiations (one), EVl (one),
Power Fuel (one), Universal (one) and Compbad Oleum (one).

However, ten of the gas stations that have been
were considered insufficient; Shell, extension of the highway; Total, McCarthy
Hill; GOIL Thousand 11; Frimps oil, Tetegu junction; GOIL Galilea; and Frimps oil
on the Spintex road.

The others are Glory Oil, Spintex Road; Ally
Oil, Sakaman; Shell, Amanfrom West and Goodness Energy, Kasoa.

In addition, two companies, namely Galaxy
Oil, Spintex Road and Agapet, Spintex Road had broken the seal of the GSA without
authorization.

The GSA stated that it was inspecting fuel
measurement and distribution instruments in some parts of the country after the first
routine verification phase of fuel measurement devices by the Authority
exercise.

The main purpose of the exercise was to verify the
accuracy of the fuel dispensing pumps used by the fuel dispensers and to inspect and
record if the petrol stations had the visugauges of 10 L.

It was also to inspect and ensure that the GSA plastic
the seals of the dispensing pumps have not been tampered with, and to lock the nozzles of
distribution pumps that were being delivered as well as issuing notices of
failure if the pumps failed the penalty test.

The GSA, for its part, has badured the public
that it would continue to fulfill its legal mandate of consumer protection and
promote trade by collaborating with the National Petroleum Authority and others
as well as with the oil marketing companies in the interests of the
consumers and the nation.

The Authority indicated that it would also continue to
count on the support and collaboration of the general public and all
actors in the national exercise.

GNA