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Premix fuel still remains difficult to get -
Fishermen
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
Accra, Aug 15, Ghanadot - Fishermen in the
Greater Accra and Central Regions are still confronted with
inadequate supply of premix fuel.
According to the fishermen, the quantity of premix fuel they
receive is woefully inadequate two weeks after the government
promised to make the essential commodity available to them.
Though the government, last two weeks, gave assurances that
measures had been put in place to forestall the shortage of the
product.
The fishermen had complained bitterly about the shortage saying
this was the fishing season and that they would not be able to
repay their loans if the situation persisted.
In response to their concerns the government announced efforts
were underway to rectify the situation.
However, the Executive Secretary of the National Canoe Fishermen
Association, Nii Abio disclosed some local radio stations the
government’s proposals to address to issues have not been
properly handled.
He admitted that the implementation of the measures of the
government had not met the expectations of the people.
Nii Abio indicated that reports he received from the Central and
Western Regions indicated that people other than fishermen were
receiving the premix fuel.
Reports trickling into the Ghanadot from the Central Region, the
home region of the President Professor John Evans Atta Mills say
that fishermen trek from shore to the other in search of premix
fuel.
While others combed some of coastal communities
with gallons in hands ransacking for the recently christened
“blue commodity.”
But the Chairman of the National Premix fuel Committee, Kawku
Nichol blamed the situation on what he calls panic buying,
saying “enough of premix fuel had been put on the market”.
Ghanadot
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