Ndoum advises government over shortage of pre-mix fuel
By Awudu Salami Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, July 29, Ghanadot - Dr Paa
Kwesi Ndoum, the 2008 Presidential candidate for the
Convention People's Party (CPP) has asked the government to
tackle the problems plaguing the country’s fishing
communities with a sense of urgency so as not to further
aggravate the living conditions of the people.
“In the past few years, the fishing communities especially
the ones in the Western, Volta, Greater Accra and Central
Regions have experienced increasing poverty in all its
forms. Consequently, many children in these communities do
not go to school or drop out of school at early ages,” Dr.
Paa Kwesi Nduom said in a press release.
He said many fisher folks are in huge debt due to irregular
supply of pre-mix fuel, the activities of pair-trawlers,
unsafe landing beaches and a general increase in the cost of
fishing.
For some weeks now there have been a reported cases of an
intermittent shortages of pre-mix fuel, which has sent
tongues wagging in some fishing communities in the country.
According to the fishermen, shortage has come at a time when
fishermen are enjoying a bumper harvest.
Dr. Nduom reminded the Prof. Mills-led administration on the
hope Ghanaians have invested in the government based on the
NDC’s campaign promises, warning, “A careful review of the
voting pattern of these communities particularly those in
the Greater Accra, Central and Western Regions gives ample
food for thought.”
“If care is not taken, the fishing communities will consider
all politicians as non-caring as they believe that the
previous administration did not help them as much as they
had promised when they were in opposition.”
He suggested to the government to avoid meddling in the
distribution of pre-mix fuel as done with kerosene.
"The important role of government should be that of ensuring
the security of pre-mix fuel and its availability and the
safe delivery of the products to their intended
destinations,” he said.
Ghanadot
