The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says there is no cause for alarm regarding the reported pockets of petrol shortage in the North.
According to the Authority, the Technical Committee on energy set up by the Chief of Staff met on Friday 10th January 2025 to discuss modalities to resolve the issue.
A statement issued by the NPA further stated that the logistical challenge identified is also being comprehensively resolved using a three-pronged approach
The first approach is that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are being granted a special dispensation to load petrol from the Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) depot in Kumasi to serve retail outlets in the five regions in the northern part of the country, it said.
Another arrangement the NPA said is that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are being granted a special dispensation to load more petrol from depots in Tema to augment what is being loaded from Kumasi to serve retail outlets in the five regions in the northern part of the country.
*Arrangements are also being made in collaboration with BOST to move nine million litres of petrol in the pipeline between the Buipe and Bolgatanga depots into storage in Bolgatanga to immediately serve retail outlets in the five regions in the northern part of the country” the statement stressed.
The NPA said the three-pronged solution is being implemented concurrently to immediately address the issue.
“Consequently, we wish to encourage the consuming public to go about their normal business and avoid panic buying.
‘The NPA wishes to reassure Ghanaians of adequate fuel stocks in the country and there are vessels lined up to discharge products into the country,’ it stressed.