Nii Lante Vanderpuye, digitizing the distribution of fuel in the fuel

General News of Sunday, July 21st, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-07-21

Odododiodoo MP, Nii Lante Vanderpuye, said the digitization of premixed fuel distribution would not solve the corruption problems badociated with it.

He argued that people who introduced numerical numbers into the distribution process could still perpetrate corruption.

In an interview with Citi News, Mr Vanderpuye pointed out that fishermen only wanted to make exceptional catches of fish and not the digitization of premixed fuel.

"The real problem with the premix is ​​the smuggling of the premix through its [Dr. Bawumia’s] own supporters … It's the corruption involved in premixed fuel. Diversions You and I were in this country when we learned that 21 million GHC cedis had been diverted. Look at the real problems and stop bothering us with the problem of scanning. It will not solve anything.

"If you scan, it's always the human beings who will enter the numbers and if the person is corrupt, the person is corrupt. The person will enter 1,000 gallons when she has only distributed 200 gallons. What is the backup to check all these things. Corruption in the premixed fuel? That one too, we need scanning? Most of the fishermen involved are not the type to appreciate these things. All they need is a premix to go to sea, come back with money and take care of their family. "

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia announced earlier that the government has begun the process of digitizing the distribution of premixed fuels and fertilizers to dispel the confusion that characterizes the distribution process.

Fishermen and farmers complained of being misled in the distribution of both products.

Speaking at the Ghana Oil Conference in 2019, Bawumia said the trend was about to end soon.

"We are going to implement the digitization process in the premix distribution in Ghana and we hope to extend it also to fertilizer next year," said the vice president.

Citi News learned that in January 2017, shipments of premixed fuel loaded from the Tema refinery had not been delivered to the intended destinations indicated on the invoices and statements of the oil marketing companies, WTO.

A document consulted by the Citi News of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) indicates that there were 12 major diversions of premixed fuel in January alone.

In all cases, although the product was documented as destined for the Volta region, they ended up in Accra, according to information obtained through the NPA's tracking system and BRV turn statements.

Although the NPA has identified the problem, it seems that very little has been done to save the situation.

No wrongdoing in pre-mix hijackings 2017 – Deputy Minister of Fisheries

The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Francis K. Ato Cudjoe, subsequently rejected calls for the continuation of the petroleum marketing companies (WTO) that had been cited in alleged misappropriations of fuel in the country in 2017.

The deputy minister said that although the Ministry of Fisheries initially blacklisted all the trucks cited, investigations have shown that most of them were only embezzlements. routing, which the media confuse with misappropriation.

Addressing Citi News to Ekumfi Essakyir in the Central Region, he said: "The so-called diversions, the majority of them were not embezzlements. On the system, they had been programmed (for example) to go to Apam, but instead of going to Apam, they dropped the fuel at Winneba, which was done jointly with the departmental or Landing committees Beach.