Fuel Smuggling On the Upsurge in Upper East

28-04-2010
The Kassena-Nankana East District Chief Executive DCE, Emmanuel Andema has bemoaned the increasing spate of fuel smuggling in the district, particularly Navrongo. Mr. Andema expressed the worry in an interview with Radio Ghana at Bolgatanga. According to the DCE frequent media reportage with cases of fuel smuggling in the district requires the support of all patriotic citizens in exposing the perpetrators involved in the act. Mr Andema stressed that measures have been put in place to avert the situation emphasizing that all private and secondary fuel dealers in the district would be made to legally register with the assembly for accreditation before they can operate. This, he said, was a recommendation made by the Justice and Security Sub Committee at this year’s first ordinary meeting of the assembly held recently. The move, Mr. Andema explained, would help in clamping down on all illegal fuel dealers in the area. He said while the country awaits the actual production of oil in Ghana, steps have to be taken to ensure that the oil find is not manhandled. Mr Andema, however, tasked the District Security Committee to redouble its effort in the monitoring of the activities of fuel dealers to bring the situation under control. He called on all to join in the fight against fuel smuggling in the country. On the activities of Fulani herdsmen in the area, Mr Andema pointed out that identified stakeholders will be brought on board to find possible ways of dealing with their nefarious activities. He also commended efforts of the government in the provision of infrastructure and other basic amenities to most areas of the district and called for more support in that direction.
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